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¹Moreover David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of them that did the work according to their service was:

²of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.

³Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Jehovah.

⁴Of Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.

⁵All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

⁶All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

⁷And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

⁸And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

⁹Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve:

¹⁰the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

¹²the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

¹³the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

¹⁴the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

¹⁵the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

¹⁶the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

¹⁷the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

¹⁸the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

¹⁹the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

²⁰for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

²¹for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

²²for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

²³for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

²⁴for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

²⁵for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

²⁶for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

²⁷for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

²⁸for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

²⁹for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

³⁰for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

³¹for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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¹Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

²From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.

³From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.

⁴From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

⁵All these sons of Heman the king’s seer were given him through the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

⁶All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.

⁷Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.

⁸They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

⁹The first lot, which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all; the second to Gedaliah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁰the third to Zaccur, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹²the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹³the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁴the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁵the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁶the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁷the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁸the eleventh to Azarel, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

¹⁹the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁰the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²¹the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²²the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²³the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁴the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁵the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁶the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁷the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁸the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

²⁹the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

³⁰the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

³¹and the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all.