1 Chronicles 6:31-32
31These are the men awhom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord bafter the ark rested there. 32They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.1 Chronicles 15:16-21
16David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on cmusical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. 17So the Levites appointed dHeman the son of Joel; and of his brothers eAsaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, fEthan the son of Kushaiah; 18and with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel. 19The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals; 20Zechariah, gAziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to hAlamoth; 21but Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, iObed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to jthe Sheminith.1 Chronicles 16:4-6
4Then he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel. 5 kAsaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals, 6and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.1 Chronicles 16:41-42
41With them were lHeman and Jeduthun mand the rest of those chosen and nexpressly named to give thanks to the Lord, ofor his steadfast love endures forever. 42Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments pfor sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.1 Chronicles 25:1-7
David Organizes the Musicians
1David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of qAsaph, and of rHeman, and of sJeduthun, who tprophesied with lyres, with uharps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was: 2Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who vprophesied under the direction of the king. 3Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, ▼▼One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts lack Shimei
Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, xwho prophesied with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. 4Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 5All these were the sons of Heman ythe king’s seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the Lord with cymbals, zharps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king. 7The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the Lord, all who were skillful, was aa288. 2 Chronicles 29:25
25 abAnd he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, acaccording to the commandment of David and of Gad adthe king’s seer and of aeNathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets.Psalms 87:7
7 afSingers and agdancers alike say,“All my ahsprings are in you.”
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