1 And David the king and the chiefs of the force appointed for the works the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the ones speaking with harps and with lutes and with cymbals; and their number was by their head, those working in their works.
2 The sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Erael, sons of Asaph, following Asaph the prophet, following the king
3 For Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Suri and Isaiah and Shimei and Hashabiah and Mattathias, six, under their father Jeduthun, with the harp, striking up thanksgiving and praise to the Lord
4 To Heman: the sons of Heman, Bukias and Manthanias and Azarael and Soubael and Ierimoth and Ananias and Anani and Eliatha and Godollathi and Romemthi-od and Iesbakasa and Mallethi and Othiri and Meazoth
5 All these were sons to Heman, the king’s seer in the words of God, to exalt the horn; and God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters
6 All these were hymning with their father in the house of the Lord with cymbals and with lutes and with harps, in accordance with the king and Asaph and Jeduthun and Heman.
7 And the number of them with their brothers, instructed to sing to the Lord, every one understanding, was two hundred eighty-eight.
8 And they also cast lots for their divisions, the small and the great, of the skilled and of the learners.
9 And the first lot came out for Asaph, for Joseph, for Gedaliah; the second, Heniah; his brothers and his sons, twelve.
10 the third, Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve
11 the fourth, Jesdri, his sons and his brothers, twelve
12 the fifth, Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve
13 The sixth, Bukkiah; his sons and his brothers, twelve.
14 The seventh, Iseriēl, his sons and his brothers, twelve
15 the eighth, Josia, his sons and his brothers, twelve
16 the ninth, Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve
17 the tenth, Shemei, his sons and his brothers, twelve
18 the eleventh, Azariah; his sons and his brothers, twelve
19 The twelfth, Asabia, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
20 The thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
21 the fourteenth, Mattathias, his sons and his brothers, twelve
22 the fifteenth, Jerimoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve
23 the sixteenth, Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve
24 the seventeenth, Jesbakasah, his sons and his brothers, twelve
25 the eighteenth, Hanan, his sons and his brothers, twelve
26 The nineteenth, Mellēthi, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
27 The twentieth, Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
28 The twenty-first was Hethir, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
29 the twenty-second to Godolathi, his sons and his brothers, twelve
30 The twenty-third: Meazoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
31 The twenty-fourth, Romemthi-od; his sons and his brothers, twelve
Old Testament Greek text based on Alfred Rahlfs' Septuaginta (1935). New Testament Greek text based on the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT), edited by Michael W. Holmes and used under CC BY 4.0.
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LXX lexical, morphological, transliteration, pronunciation, gloss, and Strong’s data derived from Eliran Wong’s LXX-Rahlfs-1935 project, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 , and based in part on CATSS/CCAT and Open Scriptures Greek Resources.