The Levitical Musicians

25 David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman,^(A) and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy^(B) accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals.^(C) This is the list of the men who performed their service:

¹² the Levitical singers dressed in fine linen and carrying cymbals, harps, and lyres^(A) were standing east of the altar, and with them were 120 priests blowing trumpets.^(B) The Levitical singers were descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun and their sons^(C) and relatives.

¹⁵ The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer.^(A) Also, the gatekeepers were at each temple gate.^(B) None of them left their tasks because their Levite brothers had made preparations for them.