< 1 Chronicles 25 >
1 And David and the heads of the host separate for service, of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, who are prophesying with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals; and the number of the workmen is according to their service.
And king David and the captains of the host appointed to their services the sons of Asaph, and of Aeman, and of Idithun, prophesiers with harps, and lutes, and cymbals: and their number was according to their polls serving in their ministrations.
2 Of sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah; sons of Asaph [are] by the side of Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king.
The sons of Asaph; Sacchur, Joseph, and Nathanias, and Erael: the sons of Asaph [were] next the king.
3 Of Jeduthun, sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, [and Shimei, and] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, by the side of their father Jeduthun; he is prophesying with a harp, for giving of thanks and of praise for YHWH.
To Idithun [were reckoned] the sons of Idithun, Godolias, and Suri, and Iseas, and Asabias, and Matthathias, six after their father Idithun, sounding loudly on the harp thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.
4 Of Heman, sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth;
To Aeman [were reckoned] the sons of Aeman, Bukias, and Matthanias, and Oziel, and Subael, and Jerimoth, and Ananias, and Anan, and Heliatha, and Godollathi, and Rometthiezer, and Jesbasaca, and Mallithi, and Otheri, and Meazoth.
5 all these [are] sons of Heman, seer of the king in the things of God, to lift up a horn; and God gives fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman.
All these [were] the sons of Aeman the king's chief player in the praises of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Aeman fourteen sons, and three daughters.
6 All these [are] by the side of their father in the song of the house of YHWH, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; by the side of the king [are] Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman.
All these sang hymns with their father in the house of God, with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, for the service of the house of God, near the king, and Asaph, and Idithun, and Aeman.
7 And their number, with their brothers taught in the song of YHWH—all who are intelligent—[is] two hundred and eighty-eight.
And the number of them after their brethren, those instructed to sing to God, every one that understood [singing] was two hundred and eighty-eight.
8 And they cause lots to fall, charge next to [charge], the small as well as the great, the intelligent with the learner.
And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small [of them], of the perfect ones and the learners.
9 And the first lot goes out for Asaph to Joseph; the second, Gedaliah—him, and his brothers and his sons—twelve;
And the first lot of his sons and of his brethren came forth to Asaph the son of Joseph, [namely], Godolias: the second Heneia, his sons and his brethren [being] twelve.
10 the third, Zaccur, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
The third Zacchur, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve:
11 the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the fourth Jesri, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve:
12 the fifth, Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the fifth Nathan, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
13 the sixth, Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the sixth Bukias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
14 the seventh, Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the seventh Iseriel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
15 the eighth, Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the eighth Josia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
16 the ninth, Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the ninth Matthanias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
17 the tenth, Shimei, his sons and his brothers—twelve:
the tenth Semeia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
18 eleventh, Azareel, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the eleventh Asriel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
19 the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the twelfth Asabia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
20 for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the thirteenth Subael, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
21 for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the fourteenth Matthathias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
22 for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the fifteenth Jerimoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
23 the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the sixteenth Anania, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
24 the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the seventeenth Jesbasaca, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25 the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the eighteenth Ananias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
26 the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the nineteenth Mallithi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
27 the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the twentieth Heliatha, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
28 the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the twenty-first Otheri, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
29 the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the twenty-second Godollathi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
30 the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers—twelve;
the twenty-third Meazoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
31 the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brothers—twelve.
the twenty-fourth Rometthiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve: