1 Chronicles 25:6-16

6 All these [were] under the hands of their father for song [in] the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, [even] all that were skillful, was two hundred and eighty eight.
8 And they cast lots, ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons [were] twelve:
10 The third to Zaccur, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
11 The fourth to Izri, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
12 The fifth to Nethaniah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
13 The sixth to Bukkiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
14 The seventh to Jesharelah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
16 The ninth to Mattaniah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 25

This chapter relates the appointment of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, to be singers in the temple, 1Ch 25:1-7 the distribution of them by lot into twenty four classes, twelve in each class, 1Ch 25:8-31.

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