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of Uzziel, Michah; of the sons of Michah, 6 All these were under the direction of their
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Shamir. The brother of Michah, Isshiah; of the father for the music in the house of the LORD,
sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. The sons of Merari with cymbals, stringed instruments, and
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were Mahli and Mushi; the son of Jaaziah, harps, for the service of the house of God.
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Beno. The sons of Merari by Jaaziah were Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the
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Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. Of Mahli: authority of the king. So the number of them,
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Eleazar, who had no sons. Of Kish: the son of with their brethren who were instructed in the
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Kish, Jerahmeel. songs of the LORD, all who were skillful, was
30 Also the sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, two hundred and eighty-eight.
and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the 8 And they cast lots for their duty, the small
Levites according to their fathers’ houses. as well as the great, the teacher with the stu-
31 These also cast lots just as their brothers dent.
the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of King 9 Now the first lot for Asaph came out for Jo-
David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the seph; the second for Gedaliah, him with his
fathers’ houses of the priests and Levites. The brethren and sons, twelve; the third for
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chief fathers did just as their younger brethren. Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve; the
Moreover David and the captains of the fourth for Jizri, his sons and his brethren,
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the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, his brethren, twelve; the sixth for Bukkiah,
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who should prophesy with harps, stringed his sons and his brethren, twelve; the sev-
instruments, and cymbals. And the number of enth for Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren,
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the skilled men performing their service was: twelve; the eighth for Jeshaiah, his sons and
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2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, his brethren, twelve; the ninth for Mattaniah,
his sons and his brethren, twelve; the tenth
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for Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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brethren, twelve; the twelfth for Hashabiah,
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25:1 the captains of the army. David relied his sons and his brethren, twelve; the thir-
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on his mighty men for help (11:10). Asaph… teenth for Shubael, his sons and his brethren,
Heman…Jeduthun. David’s 3 chief ministers twelve; the fourteenth for Mattithiah, his
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of music (6:31–48). prophesy. This is not nec- 22
essarily to be taken in a revelatory sense, but sons and his brethren, twelve; the fifteenth
rather in the sense of proclamation and exhor- for Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren,
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tation through the lyrics of their music (25:2,3). twelve; the sixteenth for Hananiah, his sons
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Prophesying is not necessarily predicting the and his brethren, twelve; the seventeenth for
future or even speaking direct revelation. It is Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren,
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proclaiming truth (v. 5) to people (1 Cor. 14:3), twelve; the eighteenth for Hanani, his sons
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and music is a vehicle for such proclamation in and his brethren, twelve; the nineteenth for
praise (v. 3). David and the leaders selected Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
those most capable (v.7) of leading the people 27 the twentieth for Eliathah, his sons and his
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to worship God through their music. brethren, twelve; the twenty-first for Hothir,
his sons and his brethren, twelve; the twenty-
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second for Giddalti, his sons and his brethren,
Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph twelve; the twenty-third for Mahazioth, his
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were under the direction of Asaph, who proph- sons and his brethren, twelve; the twenty-
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esied according to the order of the king. Of fourth for Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his
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Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, brethren, twelve.
Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Psalm 78:40–55
Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their
father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp 40 How often they provoked Him in
to give thanks and to praise the LORD. Of the wilderness,
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Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, And grieved Him in the desert!
Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Han- 41 Yes, again and again they tempted
aniah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti- God,
Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and And limited the Holy One of Israel.
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Mahazioth. All these were the sons of Heman 42 They did not remember His power:
the king’s seer in the words of God, to exalt The day when He redeemed them
his horn. For God gave Heman fourteen sons from the enemy,
and three daughters. 43 When He worked His signs in Egypt,
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