1Ch 15:16-22 | NASB2020 | STEP | Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives as the singers , with musical instruments , harps , lyres , and cymbals , playing to raise sounds of joy .

1 Chronicles 15:16-22

16 Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites ^ato appoint their relatives as the singers, with musical instruments, harps, lyres, and cymbals, playing to raise sounds of joy. 17 So ^bthe Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah, 18 and with them their relatives of the second rank, Zechariah, ^{▼▼Omitted in LXX and many mss}Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze; 20 and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with harps tuned to ^{▼▼Or perhaps the pitch of young girls
,} ^ealamoth; 21 and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, to lead with ^{▼▼Or octave}lyres tuned to ^gthe sheminith. 22 Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skillful.