1 Chronicles 25
David and the leaders of the army set apart the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with musical instruments in the temple. The sons of these men were assigned to their respective fathers and were given specific roles in the ministry. The total number of these musicians, including their brothers, was 288, and they were divided into 24 groups, each with 12 members, to serve in the temple.
1Then David and the magistrates of the army set apart, for the ministry, the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps and psalteries and cymbals, in accord with their number, having been dedicated to their appointed office2From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, prophesying beside the king3Then of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, and Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hand of their father Jeduthun, who was prophesying with stringed instruments, while confessing and praising the Lord4Also, of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, and Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth5All these were the sons of Heman, the seer of the king in the words of God, in order to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters6All these, under their father’s hand, were distributed in order to sing in the temple of the Lord, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, in the ministry of the house of the Lord beside the king, specifically, Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman7Now the number of these, with their brothers, who were instructing in the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred eighty-eight8And they cast lots in their turns, the elder equally with the younger, the learned together with the unlearned9And the first lot went forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph; the second went forth to Gedaliah, to him and his sons and his brothers, twelve10The third went to Zaccur, to his sons and brothers, twelve11The fourth went to Izri, to his sons and brothers, twelve12The fifth went to Nethaniah, to his sons and brothers, twelve13The sixth went to Bukkiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve14The seventh went to Jesharelah, to his sons and brothers, twelve15The eighth went to Jeshaiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve16The ninth went to Mattaniah, to his sons and brothers, twelve17The tenth went to Shimei, to his sons and brothers, twelve18The eleventh went to Azarel, to his sons and brothers, twelve19The twelfth went to Hashabiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve20The thirteenth went to Shubael, to his sons and brothers, twelve21The fourteenth went to Mattithiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve22The fifteenth went to Jeremoth, to his sons and brothers, twelve23The sixteenth went to Hananiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve24The seventeenth went to Joshbekashah, to his sons and brothers, twelve25The eighteenth went to Hanani, to his sons and brothers, twelve26The nineteenth went to Mallothi, to his sons and his brothers, twelve27The twentieth went to Eliathah, to his sons and brothers, twelve28The twenty-first went to Hothir, to his sons and brothers, twelve29The twenty-second went to Giddalti, to his sons and brothers, twelve30The twenty-third went to Mahazioth, to his sons and brothers, twelve31The twenty-fourth went to Romamtiezer, to his sons and brothers, twelve
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