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1 Chronicles 25 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Musicians
The Divisions of the Musicians
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:2 - Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah;[fn] the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3 - Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri,[fn] Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six,[fn] under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:4 - Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel,[fn] Shebuel,[fn] Jerimoth,[fn] Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5 - All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to exalt his horn.[fn] For God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - All these were under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the authority of the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7 - So the number of them, with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the LORD, all who were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:8 - And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the student.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:9 - Now the first lot for Asaph came out for Joseph; the second for Gedaliah, him with his brethren and sons, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:10 - the third for Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:11 - the fourth for Jizri,[fn] his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:12 - the fifth for Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:13 - the sixth for Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:14 - the seventh for Jesharelah,[fn] his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:15 - the eighth for Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:16 - the ninth for Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:17 - the tenth for Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:18 - the eleventh for Azarel,[fn] his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:19 - the twelfth for Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:20 - the thirteenth for Shubael,[fn] his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:21 - the fourteenth for Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:22 - the fifteenth for Jeremoth,[fn] his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:23 - the sixteenth for Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:24 - the seventeenth for Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:25 - the eighteenth for Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:26 - the nineteenth for Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:27 - the twentieth for Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:28 - the twenty-first for Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:29 - the twenty-second for Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:30 - the twenty-third for Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:31 - the twenty-fourth for Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
NKJV Footnotes
Spelled Jesharelah in verse 14
Spelled Jizri in verse 11
Shimei, appearing in one Hebrew and several Septuagint manuscripts, completes the total of six sons (compare verse 17).
Spelled Azarel in verse 18
Spelled Shubael in verse 20
Spelled Jeremoth in verse 22
That is, to increase his power or influence
Spelled Zeri in verse 3
Spelled Asharelah in verse 2
Spelled Uzziel in verse 4
Spelled Shebuel in verse 4
Spelled Jerimoth in verse 4
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