1 Chronicles 25

1 Additionally, 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:

David and some of the temple officials (OR, army commanders) chose some of the descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to be in charge of proclaiming God’s messages, and to play harps and lyres and cymbals. This is a list of the men whom they chose for that work:

2 From 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.

From the sons of Asaph they chose Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Aserelah. Asaph supervised them. And the king appointed Asaph to proclaim God’s messages.

3 From 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.

From the sons of Jeduthun they chose six men: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah. Jeduthun supervised them and also proclaimed God’s messages, playing his harp while he thanked and praised Yahweh.

4 From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

From the sons of Heman, who was one of the king’s prophets, they chose Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

5 All these sons of Heman the king’s seer were given him through the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

God promised to cause Heman to be strong, so altogether, God have him 14 sons and three daughters.

6 All 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.

All those men were supervised by their fathers while they played music in the temple of Yahweh. They played cymbals, lyres, and harps. And their fathers—Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman—were supervised by the king.

7 Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.

Those men and their relatives were all trained and skilled for playing musical instruments in the temple. That was their work for Yahweh. Including their relatives, there were 288 of them.

8 They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

All of them, including ones who were young and those who were old, cast lots to determine what work they would do.

9 The 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;

From the family of Asaph, the first ones selected were Joseph and 12 of his sons and relatives.

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

Next, Gedaliah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Zaccur and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Nethaniah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Bukkiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Jesarelah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Jeshaiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Mattaniah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Shimei and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Azarel and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Hashabiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Shubael and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Mattithiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Jerimoth and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Hananiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Joshbekashah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Hanani and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Mallothi and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Eliathah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Hothir and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Giddalti and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Mahazioth and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.

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

Next, Romamti-Ezer and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.