CHAPTER 25

¹And David and the officers of the army set apart for the service the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun who prophesied with lyres and lutes and cymbals. And the roll call of the men for the task in their service was: ²of the sons of Asaph, Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph alongside Asaph prophesying by order of the king; ³of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah—six, alongside their father Jeduthun prophesying with the lyre, acclaiming and praising the LORD; ⁴of Heman, the sons of Heman, Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-Ezer, Josh-bekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. ⁵All these were sons of Heman, the king’s seer, to raise up his horn through God’s words. And God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶All these were alongside their father in song in the house of the LORD with cymbals, lutes, and lyres for the service of the house of God by order of the king—Asaph and Jeduthun and Heman. ⁷And their number with their kin skilled in song to the LORD, every expert, two hundred eighty-eight. ⁸And they cast lots for the watches, lesser and greater alike, expert and apprentice. ⁹And the first lot fell to Asaph, to Joseph, Gedaliah the second—he and his brothers and his sons, twelve; ¹⁰the third Zaccur—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹¹the fourth Izri—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹²the fifth Nethaniah—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹³the sixth Bukkiah—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹⁴the seventh Jesharelah—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹⁵the eighth Jeshaiah—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹⁶the ninth Mattaniah—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹⁷the tenth Shimei—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹⁸the eleventh Azarel—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹⁹the twelfth Hashabiah—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁰the thirteenth Shubael—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²¹the fourteenth Mattithiah—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²²the fifteenth, to Jeremoth—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²³the sixteenth, to Hananiah—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁴the seventeenth Joshbekashah—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁵the eighteenth Hanani—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁶the nineteenth Mallothi—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁷the twentieth, to Eliathah—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁸the twenty-first, to Hothir—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁹the twenty-second, to Giddalti—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ³⁰the twenty-third, to Mahazioth—his sons and his brothers, twelve; ³¹the twenty-fourth, to Romamti-Ezer—his sons and his brothers, twelve.