1 Then David and the magistrates of the army set apart, for the ministry, the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps and psalteries and cymbals, in accord with their number, having been dedicated to their appointed office.
2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, prophesying beside the king.
3 Then of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, and Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hand of their father Jeduthun, who was prophesying with stringed instruments, while confessing and praising the Lord.
4 Also, of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, and Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.
5 All these were the sons of Heman, the seer of the king in the words of God, in order to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these, under their father’s hand, were distributed in order to sing in the temple of the Lord, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, in the ministry of the house of the Lord beside the king, specifically, Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman.
7 Now the number of these, with their brothers, who were instructing in the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred eighty-eight.
8 And they cast lots in their turns, the elder equally with the younger, the learned together with the unlearned.
9 And the first lot went forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph; the second went forth to Gedaliah, to him and his sons and his brothers, twelve.
10 The third went to Zaccur, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
11 The fourth went to Izri, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
12 The fifth went to Nethaniah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
13 The sixth went to Bukkiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
14 The seventh went to Jesharelah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
15 The eighth went to Jeshaiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
16 The ninth went to Mattaniah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
17 The tenth went to Shimei, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
18 The eleventh went to Azarel, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
19 The twelfth went to Hashabiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
20 The thirteenth went to Shubael, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
21 The fourteenth went to Mattithiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
22 The fifteenth went to Jeremoth, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
23 The sixteenth went to Hananiah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
24 The seventeenth went to Joshbekashah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
25 The eighteenth went to Hanani, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
26 The nineteenth went to Mallothi, to his sons and his brothers, twelve.
27 The twentieth went to Eliathah, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
28 The twenty-first went to Hothir, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
29 The twenty-second went to Giddalti, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
30 The twenty-third went to Mahazioth, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
31 The twenty-fourth went to Romamtiezer, to his sons and brothers, twelve.
Versículos relacionados com 1 Chronicles, 25:
1 Chronicles 25 deals with the organization of the Levites musicians for the temple service, including the appointment of leaders and the division of musical groups. The verses selected below are related to music, worship and worship of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 16:4: "And he began before the ark of the Lord some of the Levites by ministers, to remember, and to celebrate, and to praise the Lord God of Israel" this verse highlights the importance of the Levites as ministers in the worship and celebration of the Lord, which is related to the role of Levite musicians in 1 chronicles 25.
Psalm 33:3: "Sing a new song to you, touch well and with joy." This psalm encourages the creation of new songs to praise the Lord, which may have been a common practice among the Levite musicians of 1 Chronicles 25.
Psalm 150:3-5: "Praise it with the sound of trumpet; praise it with the psalter and the harp. Praise it with the adufe and the flute; praise it with stringed instruments and organ. o with the sound cymbals; praise him with altissonant cymbals. " This psalm lists a variety of musical instruments that may have been used by the Levite musicians in their temple performances.
1 Chronicles 16:42: "With them were Heman and Jedutum, with trumpets and cymbals, for those who had to play and with other instruments of music of God." This verse highlights the presence of God's music instruments in the worship of the Lord, which may have included the instruments used by the Levite musicians.
2 Chronicles 5:12-13: "And also the Levites, who were singers, all of them, asafe, Heman, Jedutum, and their sons and their brothers, dressed in fine linen, with cymbals, and with pilgrimages, And with harps, they were standing at the east of the altar; and with them one hundred and twenty priests, who played trumpets. " This verse describes the presentation of the Levite musicians during the dedication of the Temple of Solomon, which may have followed a model similar to that of the Levite musicians of 1 chronicles 25.
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