The singers for temple worship
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📚Moreover, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the service, to prophesy with 📖 harps, with lyres, and with cymbals. And the number of those who performed this service was this:25:1 All three of these men had the gift of prophecy. They are called seers which meant prophets (v 5; 2 Chron 29:30; 2 Chron 35:15; 1 Sam 9:9).⚜
2 📚Of the sons of Asaph, Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asarelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king; 3 📚of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah Hashabiah and Mattithiah, six; they were under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise 📖 the LORD; 4 📚of Heman, the sons of Heman, Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
5 📚All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 📚All these were under the direction of their father for singing in the house of the LORD with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman. 7 📚So their number, with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the LORD 📖, all who were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight. 8 📚And they cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the scholar.
25:8 “Scholar” or “Learner” – 1 Chron 26:13. Those who had the greatest talent and the most learning and experience were not allowed to monopolize this service.⚜
9 Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, who with his brothers and sons were twelve; 10 the third to Zaccur; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 11 the fourth to Izri; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 12 the fifth to Nethaniah; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 13 the sixth to Bukkiah; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 14 the seventh to Jesharelah; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 15 the eighth to Jeshaiah; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 16 the ninth to Mattaniah; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 17 the tenth to Shimei; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 18 the eleventh to Azareel; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 19 the twelfth to Hashabiah; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 20 the thirteenth to Shubael; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 21 the fourteenth to Mattithiah; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 22 the fifteenth to Jeremoth; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 23 the sixteenth to Hananiah; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 24 the seventeenth to Joshbekashah; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 25 the eighteenth to Hanani; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 26 the nineteenth to Mallothi; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 27 the twentieth to Eliathah; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 28 the twenty-first to Hothir; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 29 the twenty-second to Giddalti; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 30 the twenty-third to Mahazioth; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve; 31 the twenty-fourth to Romamtiezer; he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve.