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1 Chronicles 25 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Number and Services of Musicians

1Ch 25:1

Moreover, David and the commanders of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals; and the number of [fn]those who performed their service was:

1Ch 25:2

Of the sons of Asaph:

Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and [fn]Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the [fn]direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the [fn]direction of the king.

1Ch 25:3

Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun:

Gedaliah, [fn]Zeri, Jeshaiah, [fn]Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the [fn]direction of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.

1Ch 25:4

Of Heman, the sons of Heman:

Bukkiah, Mattaniah, [fn]Uzziel, [fn]Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.

1Ch 25:5

All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer to [fn]exalt him according to the words of God. So God gave fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman.

1Ch 25:6All these were under the [fn]direction of their father to sing in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the [fn]direction of the king.
1Ch 25:7And their number who were trained in singing to Yahweh, with their [fn]relatives, all who were skillful, was 288.

Responsibilities of the Musicians

1Ch 25:8They cast lots for their responsibilities, each alongside the other, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.
1Ch 25:9

Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph,

the second for Gedaliah, he with his relatives and sons were twelve;

1Ch 25:10

the third to Zaccur, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:11

the fourth to [fn]Izri, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:12

the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:13

the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:14

the seventh to [fn]Jesharelah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:15

the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:16

the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:17

the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:18

the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:19

the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:20

for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:21

for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:22

for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:23

for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:24

for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:25

for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:26

for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:27

for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:28

for the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:29

for the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:30

for the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

1Ch 25:31

for the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his relatives, twelve.

LSB Footnotes
Lit workmen according to their service
In v 14, Jesharelah
Lit hand(s)
Lit hand(s)
In v 11, Izri
As in mss and ancient versions, cf. 25:17
Lit hands
In v 18, Azarel
In v 20, Shubael
Lit lift up the horn
Lit hands
Lit hands
Lit brothers, so in ch
In v 3, Zeri
In v 2, Asherelah
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