1Ch 6:39, 15:16-24, 25:1-6 | ESV | STEP | and his brother Asaph , who stood on his right hand , namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah , son of Shimea ,

k[See ver. 21 above]

lSee ch. 6:39

mSee ch. 6:33

n ch. 16:41

o[Ex. 15:20; 2 Kgs. 3:15]

p ch. 15:16; Neh. 12:27

q[See ver. 1 above]

s[See ver. 1 above]

t[2 Sam. 24:11]

u[See ver. 1 above]

1 Chronicles 6:39

39 and his brother ^aAsaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

1 Chronicles 15:16-24

16 David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on ^bmusical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. 17 So the Levites appointed ^cHeman the son of Joel; and of his brothers ^dAsaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, ^eEthan the son of Kushaiah; 18 and 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. 19 The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals; 20 Zechariah, ^fAziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to ^gAlamoth; 21 but Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, ^hObed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to ⁱthe Sheminith. 22 Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, should direct the music, for he understood it. 23 Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark. 24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, should ^jblow the trumpets before the ark of God. ^kObed-edom and Jehiah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.

1 Chronicles 25:1-6

David Organizes the Musicians

1 David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of ^lAsaph, and of ^mHeman, and of ⁿJeduthun, who ^oprophesied with lyres, with ^pharps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who ^qprophesied under the direction of the king. 3 Of 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, ^swho prophesied with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. 4 Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 5 All these were the sons of Heman ^tthe king’s seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the Lord with cymbals, ^uharps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king.