1Then David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals. And the number of the men doing the work according to their service was:
2Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah — the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.
3Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah — six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the lyre in giving thanks and praise to Yahweh.
4Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.
5All these were sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to exalt the horn; and God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6All these were under the direction of their father in the song of the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God, under the direction of the king — Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
7Their number, together with their kinsmen trained in song to Yahweh, all who were skilled, was two hundred eighty-eight.
8And they cast lots for their duties, alike the small and the great, the skilled with the pupil.
9The first lot came out for Asaph, to Joseph; the second, Gedaliah — he and his kinsmen and his sons, twelve.
10The third, Zaccur, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
11The fourth, for Izri, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
12The fifth, Nethaniah, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
13The sixth, Bukkiah, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
14The seventh, Jesharelah, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
15The eighth, Jeshaiah, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
16The ninth, Mattaniah, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
17The tenth, Shimei, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
18The eleventh, Azarel, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
19The twelfth, for Hashabiah, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
20For the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
21For the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
22For the fifteenth, for Jeremoth, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
23For the sixteenth, for Hananiah, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
24For the seventeenth, for Joshbekashah, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
25For the eighteenth, for Hanani, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
26For the nineteenth, for Mallothi, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
27For the twentieth, for Eliathah, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
28For the twenty-first, for Hothir, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
29For the twenty-second, for Giddalti, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
30For the twenty-third, for Mahazioth, his sons and his kinsmen, twelve.
31for the twenty-fourth, to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
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