[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.
