1 Then David and the magistrates of the army set apart, for the ministry, the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps and psalteries and cymbals, in accord with their number, having been dedicated to their appointed office. 2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, prophesying beside the king. 3 Then of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, and Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hand of their father Jeduthun, who was prophesying with stringed instruments, while confessing and praising the Lord. 4 Also, of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, and Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 5 All these were the sons of Heman, the seer of the king in the words of God, in order to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All these, under their father’s hand, were distributed in order to sing in the temple of the Lord, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, in the ministry of the house of the Lord beside the king, specifically, Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman. 7 Now the number of these, with their brothers, who were instructing in the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred eighty-eight. 8 And they cast lots in their turns, the elder equally with the younger, the learned together with the unlearned. 9 And the first lot went forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph; the second went forth to Gedaliah, to him and his sons and his brothers, twelve. 10 The third went to Zaccur, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 11 The fourth went to Izri, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 12 The fifth went to Nethaniah, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 13 The sixth went to Bukkiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 14 The seventh went to Jesharelah, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 15 The eighth went to Jeshaiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 16 The ninth went to Mattaniah, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 17 The tenth went to Shimei, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 18 The eleventh went to Azarel, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 19 The twelfth went to Hashabiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 20 The thirteenth went to Shubael, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 21 The fourteenth went to Mattithiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 22 The fifteenth went to Jeremoth, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 23 The sixteenth went to Hananiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 24 The seventeenth went to Joshbekashah, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 25 The eighteenth went to Hanani, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 26 The nineteenth went to Mallothi, to his sons and his brothers, twelve. 27 The twentieth went to Eliathah, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 28 The twenty-first went to Hothir, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 29 The twenty-second went to Giddalti, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 30 The twenty-third went to Mahazioth, to his sons and brothers, twelve. 31 The twenty-fourth went to Romamtiezer, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
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Notes on this text (3)
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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People & places in this chapter
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People
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
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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