I Chronicles 25

¹So Dauid and the captaines of the armie separated for the ministerie the sonnes of Asaph, and Heman, and Ieduthun, who should sing prophesies with harpes, with violes, and with cymbales, and their nomber was euen of the men for the office of their ministerie, to wit,

²Of the sonnes of Asaph, Zaccur, and Ioseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah the sonnes of Asaph were vnder the hand of Asaph, which sang prophesies by the commission of the King.

³Of Ieduthun, the sonnes of Ieduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Ieshaiah, Ashabiah and Mattithiah, six, vnder the hands of their father: Ieduthun sang prophecies with an harpe, for to giue thankes and to praise the Lord.

⁴Of Heman, the sonnes of Heman, Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Vzziel, Shebuel, and Ierimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Ioshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

⁵All these were the sonnes of Heman, the Kings Seer in the wordes of God to lift vp the horne: and God gaue to Heman fourtene sonnes and three daughters.

⁶All these were vnder the hande of their father, singing in the house of the Lord with cymbales, violes and harpes, for the seruice of the house of God, and Asaph, and Ieduthun, and Heman were at the Kings commandement.

⁷So was their nomber with their brethre that were instruct in ye songs of the Lord, euen of al that were cunning, two hundreth foure score and eight.

⁸And they cast lottes, charge against charge, aswel small as great, the cunning man as the scholer.

⁹And the first lot fell to Ioseph which was of Asaph, the second, to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and his sonnes were twelue.

¹⁰The third, to Zaccur, he, his sonnes and his brethren were twelue.

¹¹The fourth, to Izri, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

¹²The fift, to Nethaniah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

¹³The sixt, to Bukkiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

¹⁴The seuenth, to Iesharelah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

¹⁵The eight, to Ieshaiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

¹⁶The ninth, to Mattaniah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

¹⁷The tenth, to Shimei, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

¹⁸The eleuenth, to Azareel, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

¹⁹The twelft, to Ashabiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

²⁰The thirteenth, to Shubael, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

²¹The fourtenth, to Mattithiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

²²The fifteenth, to Ierimoth, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

²³The sixteenth, to Hananiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

²⁴The seuenteenth, to Ioshbekashah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

²⁵The eighteenth, to Hanani, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

²⁶The ninteenth, to Mallothi, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

²⁷The twentieth, to Eliathah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

²⁸The one and twentieth, to Hothir, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

²⁹The two and twentieth, to Giddalti, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

³⁰The three and twentieth, to Mahazioth, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

³¹The foure and twentieth, to Romamti-ezer, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.

I Chronicles 25

¹Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service 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 the workmen according to their service was:

²Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to 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, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord.

⁴Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti–ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and 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 the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

⁷So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

⁸And they cast lots, ward against ward, 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, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:

¹⁰The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

¹¹The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

¹²The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

¹³The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

¹⁴The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

¹⁵The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

¹⁶The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

¹⁷The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

¹⁸The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

¹⁹The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

²⁰The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

²¹The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

²²The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

²³The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

²⁴The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

²⁵The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

²⁶The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

²⁷The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

²⁸The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

²⁹The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

³⁰The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

³¹The four and twentieth to Romamti–ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.