1 Chronicles 25:1

And king David and the captains of the host appointed to their services the sons of Asaph, and of Aeman, and of Idithun, prophesiers with harps, and lutes, and cymbals: and their number was according to their polls serving in their ministrations.

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In The King James Version

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

2The sons of Asaph; Sacchur, Joseph, and Nathanias, and Erael: the sons of Asaph were next the king.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 10:5And afterward you shall go to the hill of God, where is the encampment of the Philistines; there is Nasib the Philistine: and it shall come to pass when you⌃ shall have entered into the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the Bama; and before them will be lutes, and a drum, and a pipe, and a harp, and they + 10:5 Gr. prophesying. shall prophesy.

2 Kings 3:15And now fetch me a harper. And it came to pass, as the harper harped, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.

1 Chronicles 6:33And these were the men that stood, and their sons, of the sons of Caath: Aeman the psalm singer, son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

1 Chronicles 6:44And the sons of Merari their brethren on the left hand: Aetham the son of Kisa, the son of Abai, the son of Maloch,

1 Chronicles 13:8And David and all Israel were playing before the Lord with all their might, and that together with singers, and with harps, and with lutes, with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

1 Chronicles 15:19And the singers, Aeman, Asaph, and Aethan, with brazen cymbals to make a sound to be heard.

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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