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First Book of Chronicles 25
The cantors
1 For the liturgy, David and the senior army officers set apart the sons of Asaph, of Heman and of Jeduthun, prophets who accompanied themselves with lyre and harp and cymbal, and a list was made of those with these duties to perform.
2 For the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph who prophesied at the king’s direction.
3 For Jeduthun: sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, Mattithiah; there were six of them under the direction of their father Jeduthun who, to the sound of the lyre, prophesied to the glory and praise of Yahweh.
4 For Heman: sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.
5 All these were sons of Heman, the king’s seer; these sounded the trumpet to accompany God’s words. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters;
6 all of them sang in the Temple of Yahweh under their father’s direction to the sound of cymbal, harp and lyre, for the liturgy in the house of Yahweh at the king’s direction. Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman,
7 these who had learnt to sing to Yahweh, were registered with their kinsmen; the total of those so trained was two hundred and eighty-eight.
8 Junior and senior, master and pupil alike, they drew lots for their term of duty.
9 The first to whom the lot fell was the Asaphite, Joseph. The second was Gedaliah, twelve with his sons and brothers.
10 The third was Zaccur, twelve with his sons and brothers.
11 The fourth was Izri, twelve with his sons and brothers.
12 The fifth was Nethaniah, twelve with his sons and brothers.
13 The sixth was Bukkiah, twelve with his sons and brothers.
14 The seventh was Jesharelah, twelve with his sons and brothers.
15 The eighth was Jeshaiah, twelve with his sons and brothers.
16 The ninth was Mattaniah, twelve with his sons and brothers.
17 The tenth was Shimei, twelve with his sons and brothers.
18 The eleventh was Azarel, twelve with his sons and brothers.
19 The twelfth was Hashabiah, twelve with his sons and brothers.
20 The thirteenth was Shubael, twelve with his sons and brothers.
21 The fourteenth was Mattithiah, twelve with his sons and brothers.
22 The fifteenth was Jeremoth, twelve with his sons and brothers.
23 The sixteenth was Hananiah, twelve with his sons and brothers.
24 The seventeenth was Joshbekashah, twelve with his sons and brothers.
25 The eighteenth was Hanani, twelve with his sons and brothers.
26 The nineteenth was Mallothi, twelve with his sons and brothers.
27 The twentieth was Eliathah, twelve with his sons and brothers.
28 The twenty-first was Hothir, twelve with his sons and brothers.
29 The twenty-second was Giddalti, twelve with his sons and brothers.
30 The twenty-third was Mahazioth, twelve with his sons and brothers.
31 The twenty-fourth was Romamti-ezer, twelve with his sons and brothers.