Divrei-HamYamim Alef (1 Ch) 25
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1For the service, David and the army commanders selected some of the descendants of Asaf, of Heman and of Y’dutun to prophesy with lyres, lutes and cymbals. The list of those doing this work, according to the type of work performed was:
2Of the descendants of Asaf: Zakur, Yosef, N’tanyah and Asar’elah; the sons of Asaf were with Asaf, who prophesied according to the direction of the king. 3Of Y’dutun, the descendants of Y’dutun: G’dalyahu, Tzeri, Yesha‘yahu, Hashavyahu, Mattityahu — six, with their father Y’dutun, who, accompanied by the lyre, prophesied thanks and praise to Adonai. 4Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukiyahu, Mattanyahu, ‘Uzi’el, Sh’vu’el, Yerimot, Hananyah, Hanani, Eli’atah, Gidalti, Romamti-‘ezer, Yoshb’kashah, Maloti, Hotir and Machzi’ot; 5all these sons of Heman, the king’s seer in matters pertaining to God, were there to exalt [God]. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6They were all with their fathers Asaf, Y’dutun and Heman to sing with cymbals, lutes and lyres in the house of Adonai, serving in the house of God under the direction of the king. 7Their number, together with their kinsmen who had been instructed in singing to Adonai, was 288, all well trained. 8Whether great or small, teacher or talmid, they cast lots for their term of duty.
9The first lot for Asaf fell to Yosef,
the second to G’dalyah; he, his brothers and his sons numbered twelve;
10the third to Zakur, his sons and brothers, twelve;
11the fourth to Izri, his sons and brothers, twelve;
12the fifth to N’tanyahu, his sons and brothers, twelve;
13the sixth to Bukiyahu, his sons and brothers, twelve;
14the seventh to Y’sar’elah, his sons and brothers, twelve;
15the eighth to Yesha‘yahu, his sons and brothers, twelve;
16the ninth to Mattanyahu, his sons and brothers, twelve;
17the tenth to Shim‘i, his sons and brothers, twelve;
18the eleventh to ‘Azar’el, his sons and brothers, twelve;
19the twelfth to Hashavyah, his sons and brothers, twelve;
20the thirteenth to Shuva’el, his sons and brothers, twelve;
21the fourteenth to Mattityahu, his sons and brothers, twelve;
22the fifteenth to Yeremot, his sons and brothers, twelve;
23the sixteenth to Hananyahu, his sons and brothers, twelve;
24the seventeenth to Yoshb’kashah, his sons and brothers, twelve;
25the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and brothers, twelve;
26the nineteenth to Maloti, his sons and brothers, twelve;
27the twentieth to Eli’atah, his sons and brothers, twelve;
28the twenty-first to Hotir, his sons and brothers, twelve;
29the twenty-second to Gidalti, his sons and brothers, twelve;
30the twenty-third to Machzi’ot, his sons and brothers, twelve; and
31the twenty-fourth to Romamti-‘ezer, his sons and brothers, twelve.
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