1 Chronicles 25

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Twenty-Four Divisions of Musicians

¹Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

²From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.

³From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.

⁴From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. ⁵All these sons of Heman the kingʼs seer were given him through the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

⁶All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God.

Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king. ⁷Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the Lord, they numbered 288. ⁸They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

⁹The first lot, which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

the second to Gedaliah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁰the third to Zaccur, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹²the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹³the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁴the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁵the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁶the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁷the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁸the eleventh to Azarel, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁹the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁰the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²¹the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²²the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²³the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁴the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁵the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁶the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁷the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁸the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁹the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

³⁰the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

³¹and the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all.

Footnotes (8)

a v3 One Hebrew manuscript and some LXX manuscripts (see also verse 17); most Hebrew manuscripts do not include Shimei.
b v4 Shebuel is a variant of Shubael; see verse 20.
c v4 Jerimoth is a variant of Jeremoth; see verse 22.
d v9 See LXX and the total in verse 7; Hebrew does not include his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
e v11 Izri is a variant of Zeri; see verse 3.
f v14 Jesarelah is a variant of Asarelah; see verse 2.
g v18 Azarel is a variant of Uzziel; see verse 4.
h v22 Jeremoth is a variant of Jerimoth; see verse 4.

1 Chronicles 25

Twenty-Four Divisions of Musiciansⓘ

Twenty-Four Divisions of Musicians