1 Chronicles 25

1 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:

Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was:

2 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.

Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, sons of Asaph; under the direction of Asaph, acting as a prophet under the orders of the king;

3 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.

Of Jeduthun: the six sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah; under the direction of their father Jeduthun who, acting as a prophet, with corded instruments gave praise and glory to the Lord.

4 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.

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

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

All these were sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words of God. And to make great his power God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

6 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.

All these, under the direction of their father, made music in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments, for the worship of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the orders of the king.

7 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.

And the number of them, with their brothers who were trained and expert in making melody to the Lord, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

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

And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.

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

Now of the group of Asaph, the first name to come out was Joseph; the second Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve?

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

The third Zaccur, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The fourth Izri, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The fifth Nethaniah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The sixth Bukkiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The seventh Jesharelah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The eighth Jeshaiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The ninth Mattaniah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The tenth Shimei, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The eleventh Azarel, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The twelfth Hashabiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The thirteenth Shubael, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The fourteenth Mattithiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The fifteenth Jeremoth, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The sixteenth Hananiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The seventeenth Joshbekashah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The eighteenth Hanani, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The nineteenth Mallothi, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The twentieth Eliathah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The twenty-first Hothir, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The twenty-second Giddalti, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The twenty-third Mahazioth, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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

The twenty-fourth Romamti-ezer, with his sons and his brothers, twelve.