1 Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, sons of Asaph; under the direction of Asaph, acting as a prophet under the orders of the king; 3 Of Jeduthun: the six sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah; under the direction of their father Jeduthun who, acting as a prophet, with corded instruments gave praise and glory to the Lord. 4 Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth; 5 All these were sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words of God. And to make great his power God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All these, under the direction of their father, made music in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments, for the worship of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the orders of the king. 7 And the number of them, with their brothers who were trained and expert in making melody to the Lord, was two hundred and eighty-eight. 8 And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner. 9 Now of the group of Asaph, the first name to come out was Joseph; the second Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve? 10 The third Zaccur, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 11 The fourth Izri, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 12 The fifth Nethaniah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 13 The sixth Bukkiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 14 The seventh Jesharelah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 15 The eighth Jeshaiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 16 The ninth Mattaniah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 17 The tenth Shimei, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 18 The eleventh Azarel, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 19 The twelfth Hashabiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 20 The thirteenth Shubael, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 21 The fourteenth Mattithiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 22 The fifteenth Jeremoth, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 23 The sixteenth Hananiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 24 The seventeenth Joshbekashah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 25 The eighteenth Hanani, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 26 The nineteenth Mallothi, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 27 The twentieth Eliathah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 28 The twenty-first Hothir, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 29 The twenty-second Giddalti, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 30 The twenty-third Mahazioth, with his sons and his brothers, twelve; 31 The twenty-fourth Romamti-ezer, with his sons and his brothers, twelve.
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Bukkiah
Son of Heman the king's seer; the sixth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:13
Eliathah
Son of Heman; the twentieth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:27
Gedaliah
One of six sons of Jeduthun who prophesied with the harp; the second lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:3; 1 Chronicles 25:9
Giddalti
Son of Heman; the twenty-second lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:29
Hanani
Son of Heman; the eighteenth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:25
Hananiah
Son of Heman; the sixteenth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:23
Hashabiah
Son of Jeduthun; the twelfth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:3; 1 Chronicles 25:19
Hothir
Son of Heman; the twenty-first lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:28
Jerimoth
Son of Heman; the fifteenth lot fell to Jeremoth.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:22
Jeshaiah
Son of Jeduthun; the eighth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:3; 1 Chronicles 25:15
Joseph
Son of Asaph; the first lot for Asaph's family fell to Joseph, his sons and his brothers, twelve in all.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:2; 1 Chronicles 25:9
Joshbekashah
Son of Heman; the seventeenth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:24
Mahazioth
Son of Heman; the twenty-third lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:30
Mallothi
Son of Heman; the nineteenth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:26
Mattaniah
Son of Heman; the ninth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:16
Mattithiah
Son of Jeduthun; the fourteenth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:3; 1 Chronicles 25:21
Nethaniah
Son of Asaph; the fifth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:2; 1 Chronicles 25:12
Romamti-ezer
Son of Heman; the twenty-fourth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:31
Shebuel
Son of Heman; the thirteenth lot fell to Shubael.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:20
Shimei
Son of Jeduthun; the tenth lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:3; 1 Chronicles 25:17
Uzziel
Son of Heman; the eleventh lot fell to Azarel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:18
Zaccur
Son of Asaph who prophesied with lyres, harps and cymbals; the third lot fell to him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:2; 1 Chronicles 25:10; Nehemiah 12:35
Zeri
Son of Jeduthun; the fourth lot fell to Izri.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 25:3; 1 Chronicles 25:11
Cross references (8)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Kings 3:15; 1 Chronicles 6:33; 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Chronicles 6:39; Revelation 15:2–4
- 2 1 Chronicles 25:6; 1 Chronicles 25:1; 1 Chronicles 16:5; Psalm 82:1; Psalm 75:1
- 3 1 Chronicles 16:41–42; 1 Chronicles 9:16; 1 Chronicles 15:21; 1 Chronicles 25:21; 1 Chronicles 15:18
- 4 1 Chronicles 25:30; 1 Chronicles 24:30; 1 Chronicles 15:17; 1 Chronicles 24:24; 1 Chronicles 25:28
- 5 1 Chronicles 21:9; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Samuel 9:9; 2 Samuel 24:11; Psalm 127:3
- 6 1 Chronicles 25:1–3; 1 Chronicles 15:16; Psalm 68:25; 1 Chronicles 15:22; Ephesians 5:19
- 7 1 Chronicles 23:5
- 8 1 Chronicles 26:13; Proverbs 16:33; Acts 1:26; 1 Chronicles 26:16; 1 Chronicles 15:22
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