All these were under the [a]direction of their father to sing in the house of the Lord, (A)with cymbals, harps and lyres, for the service of the house of God. (B)Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman were under the [b]direction of the king. Their number who were trained in singing to the Lord, with their [c]relatives, all who were skillful, was (C)288.

Divisions of Musicians

(D)They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 25:6 Lit hands
  2. 1 Chronicles 25:6 Lit hands
  3. 1 Chronicles 25:7 Lit brothers, and so throughout the ch

All these men were under the supervision of their father(A) for the music of the temple of the Lord, with cymbals, lyres and harps, for the ministry at the house of God.

Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman(B) were under the supervision of the king.(C) Along with their relatives—all of them trained and skilled in music for the Lord—they numbered 288. Young and old alike, teacher as well as student, cast lots(D) for their duties.

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