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¹David and the leaders of the army selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals. Here is the list of the men who performed this service:

²From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the king's supervision.

³From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who played the harp for giving thanks and praising Yahweh.

⁴From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

⁵All these were the sons of Heman the king's prophet. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters to lift up his horn.

⁶All these were under the direction of their fathers. They were musicians in Yahweh's house, with cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God's house. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king's supervision.

⁷They and their brothers who were skilled and trained to make music to Yahweh numbered 288.

⁸They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the same for the young as well as the old, the teacher as well as the student.

⁹Now regarding Asaph's sons: The first lot fell to Joseph's family; the second fell to Gedaliah's family, twelve persons in number;

¹⁰the third fell to Zaccur, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

¹¹the fourth fell to Izri, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

¹²the fifth fell to Nethaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

¹³the sixth fell to Bukkiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

¹⁴the seventh fell to Jesarelah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

¹⁵the eighth fell to Jeshaiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

¹⁶the ninth fell to Mattaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

¹⁷the tenth fell to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

¹⁸the eleventh fell to Azarel, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

¹⁹the twelfth fell to Hashabiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

²⁰the thirteenth fell to Shubael, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

²¹the fourteenth fell to Mattithiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

²²the fifteenth fell to Jerimoth, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

²³the sixteenth fell to Hananiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

²⁴the seventeenth fell to Joshbekashah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

²⁵the eighteenth fell to Hanani, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

²⁶the nineteenth fell to Mallothi, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

²⁷the twentieth fell to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

²⁸the twenty-first fell to Hothir, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

²⁹the twenty-second fell to Giddalti, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

³⁰the twenty-third fell to Mahazioth, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

³¹the twenty-fourth fell to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number.