1 Chronicles 25:1

Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was:

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Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

In Context

2Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, sons of Asaph; under the direction of Asaph, acting as a prophet under the orders of the king;

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Cross References

1 Samuel 10:5After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed: and when you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them; and they will be acting like prophets:

2 Kings 3:15But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you the word of the Lord: and they got a player of music, and while the man was playing, the hand of the Lord was on him.

1 Chronicles 6:33And these are those who did this work, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman, who made melody, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

1 Chronicles 6:44And on the left their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan, the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

1 Chronicles 13:8Then David and all Israel made melody before God with all their strength, with songs and corded instruments of music, and with brass instruments and horns.

1 Chronicles 15:19So those who made melody, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were put in position, with brass instruments, sounding loudly;

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 25:1

David, having settled the courses of these Levites that were to attend the priests in their ministrations, proceeds, in this chapter, to put those into a method that were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. Here is, I. The persons that were to be employed, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun ( ver. 1 ), their sons ( ver. 2-6 ), and other skilful persons, ver. 7 . II. The order in which they were to attend determined by lot, ver. 8-31 . Read the whole commentary →

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