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1st Chronicles Chapter 25

Number and offices of the singers

25:1 THEN Davidדָּוִד
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here
and the commanders of the army separated [some] the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were prophets with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

25:2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king.
25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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25:4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
25:5 All these [were] the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator
, to lift up the horn. And Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator
gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

25:6 All these [were] at the hands of their father for song in the house of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator
, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

25:7 So was their number, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, even all that were skillful, two hundred eighty eight.

Their division into orders

25:8 And they cast lots, as in [the rule], as the small [so] the great, the teacher with the pupil.
25:9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brothers and sons were twelve:
25:10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:
25:31 The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve.

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