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1 Chronicles chapter 25

David and the commanders of the army the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun for the service of with , , and . Here is the list of the men who performed this service:From the sons of : Zakkur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied .From : Jeduthun’s sons — Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah — six in all, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the lyre to to Yahweh.From : Heman’s sons — Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.All of these were sons of Heman, the king’s . God had promised , so God gave him fourteen sons and three daughters.All of them were under the direction of their father for the music in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of . Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king’s oversight.Their total number, counting them and their relatives who were in music for Yahweh, came to 288.They drew lots for their assignments, young and old alike, .The first lot fell to Joseph of the Asaph clan, the second to Gedaliah — him, his relatives, and his sons numbered twelve.The third to Zakkur — his sons and relatives, twelve.The fourth to Izri — his sons and relatives, twelve.The fifth to Nethaniah — his sons and relatives, twelve.The sixth to Bukkiah — his sons and relatives, twelve.The seventh to Jesarelah — his sons and relatives, twelve.The eighth to Jeshaiah — his sons and relatives, twelve.The ninth to Mattaniah — his sons and relatives, twelve.The tenth to Shimei — his sons and relatives, twelve.The eleventh to Azarel — his sons and relatives, twelve.The twelfth to Hashabiah — his sons and relatives, twelve.The thirteenth to Shubael — his sons and relatives, twelve.The fourteenth to Mattithiah — his sons and relatives, twelve.The fifteenth to Jeremoth — his sons and relatives, twelve.The sixteenth to Hananiah — his sons and relatives, twelve.The seventeenth to Joshbekashah — his sons and relatives, twelve.The eighteenth to Hanani — his sons and relatives, twelve.The nineteenth to Mallothi — his sons and relatives, twelve.The twentieth to Eliathah — his sons and relatives, twelve.The twenty-first to Hothir — his sons and relatives, twelve.The twenty-second to Giddalti — his sons and relatives, twelve.The twenty-third to Mahazioth — his sons and relatives, twelve.The twenty-fourth to — his sons and relatives, twelve.