1 Chronicles 25
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CHAPTER 25
The Singers (25:1–31)
1–31 Here the writer lists the twenty-four divisions of Levitical singers according to their family heads. These divisions corresponded to the twenty-four divisions of priests mentioned earlier (1 Chronicles 24:7–18). The writer says that these “singers” were set apart for the ministry of prophesying (verse 1). This “prophesying” did not necessarily involve special revelations from God, such as were given to other Old Testament prophets. Rather, their singing, their poetry, their psalms, were based on the revelations of Scripture and in that sense could legitimately be called “prophecy” (see 1 Samuel 10:5).
Notice that the sons of Asaph are mentioned first (verse 2). Asaph was originally David’s chief singer (1 Chronicles 16:5); he and his descendants composed twelve of the psalms recorded in the book of Psalms.