Chapter 25

¹And David and the heads of the host separate for service, of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, who are prophesying with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals, and the number of the workmen is according to their service. ²Of sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, [are] by the side of Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king. ³Of Jeduthun: sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, Shisshah, [are] by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is prophesying, for giving of thanks and of praise to Jehovah. ⁴Of Heman: sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth; ⁵all these [are] sons of Heman -- seer of the king in the things of God -- to lift up a horn; and God giveth to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶All these [are] by the side of their father in the song of the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; by the side of the king [are] Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman. ⁷And their number, with their brethren -- taught in the song of Jehovah, all who are intelligent -- is two hundred, eighty and eight. ⁸And they cause to fall lots -- charge over-against [charge], as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner. ⁹And the first lot goeth out for Asaph to Joseph; [to] Gedaliah the second; he, and his brethren and his sons, twelve; ¹⁰the third [to] Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹²the fifth [to] Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹³the sixth [to] Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁴the seventh [to] Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁵the eighth [to] Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁶the ninth [to] Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁷the tenth [to] Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ¹⁸eleventh [to] Azareel, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁹the twelfth [to] Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁰at the thirteenth [to] Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²¹at the fourteenth [to] Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²²at the fifteenth [to] Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²³at the sixteenth [to] Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁴at the seventeenth [to] Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁵at the eighteenth [to] Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁶at the nineteenth [to] Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁷at the twentieth [to] Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁸at the one and twentieth [to] Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁹at the two and twentieth [to] Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ³⁰at the three and twentieth [to] Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ³¹at the four and twentieth [to] Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.