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Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers and to have them raise their voices with joy accompanied by musical instruments— harps, lyres, and cymbals.So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah.With them were their relatives second in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to Alamoth;and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to the Sheminith.Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites in music, was to direct the music because he was skillful.
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David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. This is the list of the men who performed their service:From Asaph’s sons: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under Asaph’s authority, who prophesied under the authority of the king.From Jeduthun: Jeduthun’s sons: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah— six— under the authority of their father Jeduthun, prophesying to the accompaniment of lyres, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.From Heman: Heman’s sons: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.All these sons of Heman, the king’s seer, were given by the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.All these men were under their own fathers’ authority for the music in the Lord’s temple, with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king’s authority.They numbered 288 together with their relatives who were all trained and skillful in music for the Lord.They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.The first lot for Asaph fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers— 12 to Gedaliah the second: him, his brothers, and his sons— 12the third to Zaccur, his sons, and his brothers— 12the fourth to Izri, his sons, and his brothers— 12the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons, and his brothers— 12the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons, and his brothers— 12the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons, and his brothers— 12the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, and his brothers— 12the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons, and his brothers— 12the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his brothers— 12the eleventh to Azarel, his sons, and his brothers— 12the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, and his brothers— 12the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, and his brothers— 12the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his brothers— 12the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, and his brothers— 12the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons, and his brothers— 12the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons, and his brothers— 12the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons, and his brothers— 12the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, and his brothers— 12the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons, and his brothers— 12the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons, and his brothers— 12the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons, and his brothers— 12the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons, and his brothers— 12and the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons, and his brothers— 12.
