1Chronicles 25:1 - Prayer Tents

The Temple Musicians

25King David and the leaders of the Levites chose the following Levite clans to lead the worship services: Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun. They were to proclaim God's messages, accompanied by the music of harps and cymbals. This is the list of persons chosen to lead the worship, with the type of service that each group performed:H1732H8269H6635H914H5656H1121H623H1968H3038H5012H5030H3658H5035H4700H4557H582H4399H5656 2The four sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah. They were under the direction of Asaph, who proclaimed God's messages whenever the king commanded.H1121H623H2139H3130H5418H841H1121H623H3027H623H5012H3027H4428 3The six sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah. Under the direction of their father they proclaimed God's message, accompanied by the music of harps, and sang praise and thanks to the LORD.H3038H1121H3038H1436H6874H3470H2811H4993H8337H3027H1H3038H5012H3658H3034H1984H3068 4The fourteen sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.H1968H1121H1968H1232H4983H5816H7619H3406H2608H2607H448H1437H7320H3436H4413H1956H4238 5God gave to Heman, the king's prophet, these fourteen sons and also three daughters, as he had promised, in order to give power to Heman.H1121H1968H4428H2374H1697H430H7311H7161H430H5414H1968H702H6240H1121H7969H1323 6All of his sons played cymbals and harps under their father's direction, to accompany the Temple worship. And Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under orders from the king.H3027H1H7892H1004H3068H4700H5035H3658H5656H1004H430H4428H3027H623H3038H1968 7All these twenty-four men were experts; and their fellow Levites were trained musicians. There were 288 men in all.H4557H251H3925H7892H3068H995H3967H8084H8083 8To determine the assignment of duties they all drew lots, whether they were young or old, experts or beginners.H5307H1486H4931H5980H6996H1419H995H8527 9These 288 men were divided according to families into twenty-four groups of twelve, with a leader in charge of each group. This is the order in which they were on duty: 1) Joseph of the family of Asaph; 2) Gedaliah;H7223H1486H3318H623H3130H8145H1436H251H1121H8147H6240 103) Zaccur;H7992H2139H1121H251H8147H6240 114) Zeri;H7243H3339H1121H251H8147H6240 125) Nethaniah;H2549H5418H1121H251H8147H6240 136) Bukkiah;H8345H1232H1121H251H8147H6240 147) Asharelah;H7637H3480H1121H251H8147H6240 158) Jeshaiah;H8066H3470H1121H251H8147H6240 169) Mattaniah;H8671H4983H1121H251H8147H6240 1710) Shimei;H6224H8096H1121H251H8147H6240 1811) Uzziel;H6249H6240H5832H1121H251H8147H6240 1912) Hashabiah;H8147H6240H2811H1121H251H8147H6240 2013) Shebuel;H7969H6240H7619H1121H251H8147H6240 2114) Mattithiah;H702H6240H4993H1121H251H8147H6240 2215) Jerimoth;H2568H6240H3406H1121H251H8147H6240 2316) Hananiah;H8337H6240H2608H1121H251H8147H6240 2417) Joshbekashah;H7651H6240H3436H1121H251H8147H6240 2518) Hanani;H8083H6240H2607H1121H251H8147H6240 2619) Mallothi;H8672H6240H4413H1121H251H8147H6240 2720) Eliathah;H6242H448H1121H251H8147H6240 2821) Hothir;H259H6242H1956H1121H251H8147H6240 2922) Giddalti;H8147H6242H1437H1121H251H8147H6240 3023) Mahazioth;H7969H6242H4238H1121H251H8147H6240 3124) Romamti Ezer.H702H6242H7320H1121H251H8147H6240