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The sons of Asaph were under the supervision of Asaph, who prophesied under the king&#8217s supervision. <a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/25.htm">New Living Translation</a> From the sons of Asaph, there were Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. They worked under the direction of their father, Asaph, who proclaimed God’s messages by the king’s orders. <a href="/esv/1_chronicles/25.htm">English Standard Version</a> Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. <a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/25.htm">King James Bible</a> Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. <a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/25.htm">New King James Version</a> Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king. <a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/25.htm">NASB 1995</a> Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. <a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. <a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. <a href="/amp/1_chronicles/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. <a href="/csb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> From Asaph’s sons: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under Asaph’s authority, who prophesied under the authority of the king. <a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> From Asaph&#8217s sons: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under Asaph&#8217s authority, who prophesied under the authority of the king. <a href="/asv/1_chronicles/25.htm">American Standard Version</a> of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king. <a href="/cev/1_chronicles/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Asaph's four sons, Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, were under the direction of their father and played music whenever the king told them to. <a href="/erv/1_chronicles/25.htm">English Revised Version</a> of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph; under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king. <a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> From the sons of Asaph were Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah. (They were directed by Asaph, who served as a prophet under the king's direction.) <a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Good News Translation</a> The four sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah. They were under the direction of Asaph, who proclaimed God's messages whenever the king commanded. <a href="/isv/1_chronicles/25.htm">International Standard Version</a> from the descendants of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph mentored by Asaph himself, who prophesied under the supervision of the king; <a href="/msb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. <a href="/net/1_chronicles/25.htm">NET Bible</a> From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king's supervision. <a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> of the sons of Asaph: Zakkur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king. <a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king. <a href="/web/1_chronicles/25.htm">World English Bible</a> of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah. The sons of Asaph were under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied at the order of the king. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Of sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah; sons of Asaph [are] by the side of Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king. <a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Of sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, are by the side of Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king. <a href="/slt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> To the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph upon the hand of Asaph prophesying upon the hands of the king.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Of the sons of Asaph: Zacchur, and Joseph, and Nathania, and Asarela, sons of Asaph: under the hand of Asaph prophesying near the king. <a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, prophesying beside the king. <a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/25.htm">New American Bible</a> Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the guidance of the king. <a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccuri, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Israel. And the sons of Asaph whom the king placed under the direction of Jeruthun as singers. <a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> The sons of Asaph: Zakuri, Yauseph and Nethanya, and Israyel, and the sons of Asaph, these whom the King committed.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph; under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied according to the direction of the king. <a href="/sep/1_chronicles/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> The sons of Asaph; Sacchur, Joseph, and Nathanias, and Erael: the sons of Asaph were next the king. <a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=6891" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Twenty-Four Divisions of Musicians</a> 1Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service: 2<a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: liḇ·nê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">From the sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/623.htm" title="623: ’ā·sāp̄ (N-proper-ms) -- Gatherer, the name of several Isr. From 'acaph; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first.">of Asaph:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2139.htm" title="2139: zak·kūr (N-proper-ms) -- The name of several Isr. From zakar; mindful; Zakkur, the name of seven Israelites.">Zaccur,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3130.htm" title="3130: wə·yō·w·sêp̄ (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Future of yacaph; let him add; Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.">Joseph,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5418.htm" title="5418: ū·nə·ṯan·yāh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Or Nthanyahuw; from nathan and Yahh; given of Jah; Nethanjah, the name of four Israelites.">Nethaniah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/841.htm" title="841: wa·’ă·śar·’ê·lāh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- A son of Asaph. From the same as 'Asar'el; right toward God; Asarelah, an Israelite.">and Asarelah.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">These sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/623.htm" title="623: ’ā·sāp̄ (N-proper-ms) -- Gatherer, the name of several Isr. From 'acaph; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first.">of Asaph</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">were under</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yaḏ- (N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">the direction</a> <a href="/hebrew/623.htm" title="623: ’ā·sāp̄ (N-proper-ms) -- Gatherer, the name of several Isr. From 'acaph; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first.">of Asaph,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5012.htm" title="5012: han·nib·bā (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To prophesy. A primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. Speak by inspiration.">who prophesied</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">under</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yə·ḏê (N-fdc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">the direction</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">of the king.</a> 3From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_samuel/10-5.htm">1 Samuel 10:5</a> After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-25.htm">2 Chronicles 29:25-30</a> Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets. / The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. / And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. ... <a href="/2_kings/3-15.htm">2 Kings 3:15</a> But now, bring me a harpist.” And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha <a href="/1_samuel/19-20.htm">1 Samuel 19:20-24</a> he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy. / When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy. / Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told. ... <a href="/1_chronicles/6-31.htm">1 Chronicles 6:31-32</a> These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. / They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them. <a href="/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4-6</a> David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel. / Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals / and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God. <a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm">1 Chronicles 23:5</a> 4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.” <a href="/2_chronicles/5-12.htm">2 Chronicles 5:12-13</a> all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. / The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud <a href="/2_chronicles/20-21.htm">2 Chronicles 20:21-22</a> Then Jehoshaphat consulted with the people and appointed those who would sing to the LORD and praise the splendor of His holiness. As they went out before the army, they were singing: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His loving devotion endures forever.” / The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated. <a href="/nehemiah/12-24.htm">Nehemiah 12:24</a> The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God. <a href="/nehemiah/12-45.htm">Nehemiah 12:45-46</a> They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed. / For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. <a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Psalm 68:25</a> The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines. <a href="/psalms/150-3.htm">Psalm 150:3-5</a> Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. / Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. / Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. <a href="/ephesians/5-19.htm">Ephesians 5:19</a> Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord, <a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a> Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.<a href="/1_chronicles/25-1.htm">1 Chronicles 25:1-7</a> Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: … <a href="/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">1 Chronicles 25:8-31</a> And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar… <a href="/1_chronicles/12-28.htm">1 Chronicles 12:28</a> And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.<a href="/1_chronicles/23-2.htm">1 Chronicles 23:2</a> And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.<a href="/1_chronicles/24-5.htm">1 Chronicles 24:5,6</a> Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar… Asaph<a href="/1_chronicles/6-33.htm">1 Chronicles 6:33,39,44</a> And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, … <a href="/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16-19</a> And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy… <a href="/1_chronicles/25-3.htm">1 Chronicles 25:3</a> Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.<a href="/1_samuel/10-5.htm">1 Samuel 10:5</a> After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:<a href="/2_kings/3-15.htm">2 Kings 3:15</a> But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.harps<a href="/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16-21</a> And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy… <a href="/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4,5,42</a> And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: … <a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm">1 Chronicles 23:5-7</a> Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/22-7.htm">Acting</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-1.htm">Asaph</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-32.htm">Direction</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-19.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-18.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-29.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-6.htm">King's</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-25.htm">Nethaniah</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-25.htm">Nethani'ah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-19.htm">Order</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-19.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-12.htm">Prophesied</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-12.htm">Prophesying</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-1.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-28.htm">Side</a> <a href="/numbers/8-22.htm">Supervision</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-27.htm">Zaccur</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/22-5.htm">Acting</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-6.htm">Asaph</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-3.htm">Direction</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-28.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-3.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-5.htm">King's</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-12.htm">Nethaniah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-12.htm">Nethani'ah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-6.htm">Order</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-7.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-3.htm">Prophesied</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-9.htm">Prophesying</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-29.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-30.htm">Side</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-6.htm">Supervision</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-10.htm">Zaccur</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 25</div>1. <a href="/1_chronicles/25-1.htm">The number and offices of the singers</a> 8. <a href="/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">Their division by lot into twenty-four orders</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>From the sons of Asaph: Asaph was one of the chief musicians appointed by King David to lead worship in the tabernacle. He was a Levite, and his descendants continued in this role, emphasizing the hereditary nature of temple service. Asaph is credited with several Psalms (e.g., Psalms 50, 73-83), which reflect his role as a seer and prophet in music.Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah: These names represent the sons of Asaph, who were part of the musical guild responsible for worship in the temple. Each name carries significance: Zaccur means "mindful," Joseph means "he will add," Nethaniah means "given of the Lord," and Asarelah means "upright before God." Their inclusion highlights the importance of family lineage in temple duties and the continuation of Asaph's prophetic and musical legacy.These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph: This indicates a structured hierarchy in the temple worship, with Asaph as the leader. It reflects the organized nature of worship in Israel, where roles were clearly defined. Asaph's leadership ensured that the worship was conducted according to the standards set by David, emphasizing the importance of mentorship and discipleship in spiritual service.who prophesied under the direction of the king: The role of prophecy in this context is linked to musical worship, suggesting that the music itself was a form of prophecy. This aligns with the broader biblical theme where music and prophecy are interconnected (e.g., <a href="/2_kings/3-15.htm">2 Kings 3:15</a>). The king's direction implies that the worship was not only a religious activity but also a state function, highlighting the theocratic nature of Israel where the king had a role in spiritual matters. This also points to the prophetic nature of worship, foreshadowing the ultimate King, Jesus Christ, who fulfills the role of prophet, priest, and king.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/asaph.htm">Asaph</a> A prominent Levite musician and seer in the time of King David, known for his role in leading worship and prophesying through music. 2. <a href="/topical/z/zaccur,_joseph,_nethaniah,_asharelah.htm">Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, Asharelah</a> Sons of Asaph, who were part of the musical ministry in the temple, following in their father's footsteps. 3. <a href="/topical/k/king_david.htm">King David</a> The king of Israel who organized the temple worship and appointed Asaph and his sons to their roles. 4. <a href="/topical/p/prophesying_through_music.htm">Prophesying through music</a> A unique form of prophecy in the Old Testament where music was used as a medium to convey divine messages. 5. <a href="/topical/t/temple_worship.htm">Temple Worship</a> The organized worship in the temple, which included music, singing, and prophecy, as established by King David.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_music_in_worship.htm">The Role of Music in Worship</a> Music is a powerful tool for worship and can be used to convey prophetic messages and truths about God. <a href="/topical/g/generational_ministry.htm">Generational Ministry</a> Asaph's sons followed in his footsteps, showing the importance of passing down faith and ministry roles to the next generation. <a href="/topical/p/prophecy_and_worship.htm">Prophecy and Worship</a> Worship can be a form of prophecy, where believers are inspired by the Holy Spirit to speak or sing truths that edify the church. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_direction.htm">Leadership and Direction</a> Asaph and his sons were under the direction of the king, illustrating the importance of leadership and order in worship settings. <a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_faithful_service.htm">The Impact of Faithful Service</a> Asaph's legacy continued through his sons and the Psalms attributed to him, demonstrating the lasting impact of faithful service to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 25</a> <a href="/q/how_did_asaph_write_psalm_79_posthumously.htm">If Psalm 79 is attributed to Asaph (Psalm 79:1), how could he have written it about events that occurred centuries after his lifetime? </a> <a href="/q/solomon's_horse_stalls_count.htm">How many stalls of horses did Solomon have? (1 Kings 4:26 vs. 2 Chronicles 9:25)</a> <a href="/q/why_do_2_chr_9_25_and_1_kgs_4_26_differ.htm">Why do the numbers listed in 2 Chronicles 9:25 about Solomon's horses and chariots differ from related passages like 1 Kings 4:26?</a> <a href="/q/why_40,000_stalls_in_1_kings,_4,000_in_2_chron.htm">Why does 1 Kings 4:26 mention 40,000 stalls for Solomon's horses, while 2 Chronicles 9:25 records only 4,000?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur.--Literally, To the sons of Asaph belonged Zaccur. In <a href="/context/1_chronicles/25-2.htm" title="Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.">1Chronicles 25:2-7</a> the term "sons" appears to mean trained members of the musical guilds, of which the three chiefs, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, were masters.Asarelah.--This singular name is spelt "Jesharelah" in <a href="/1_chronicles/25-14.htm" title="The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve:">1Chronicles 25:14</a>. Ewald identifies it with "Israel," the unaccented ending ah having the force belonging to--literally, towards, unto--so that Jesharelah is in effect the modern Jewish surname Israels. (Comp. "Jaakobah," <a href="/1_chronicles/4-36.htm" title="And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,">1Chronicles 4:36</a>, to Jacob, i.e., Jacobs.)Under the hands of Asaph.--Rather, at the hand of Asaph. It is implied that the four leaders here named were subordinate to Asaph, and under his direction. (Comp. <a href="/1_chronicles/25-3.htm" title="Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.">1Chronicles 25:3</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/25-6.htm" title="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.">1Chronicles 25:6</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/23-18.htm" title="Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.">2Chronicles 23:18</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/29-27.htm" title="And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.">2Chronicles 29:27</a>; <a href="/ezra/3-10.htm" title="And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.">Ezra 3:10</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 2. - Four sons of Asaph are here given, the number, however, not being ex. pressed, although it is expressed in the cases of Jeduthun and Heman (vers. 3, 5). "For Asaph," we find twelve psalms inscribed, viz. <a href="/psalms/1.htm">Psalm 1</a>; <a href="/psalms/73.htm">Psalm 73-83</a>; of some of which he was himself the inspired composer. When it is said "for Asaph," the meaning is for those "under his hand," or direction, and who as a band bore his name, and performed among other odes those which he prophesied. Zaccur. A descendant after the Return is mentioned in <a href="/nehemiah/12-35.htm">Nehemiah 12:35</a>. Asarelah. This last of the four sons of Asaph is called in ver. 14, Jesharelah. Under the hands of... according to the order of. The Hebrew words are "to the hand of" and "to the hands of." Between the signification of these two forms, the one expressed in the singular number and the ether in the plural, there does not seem to be any distinction, and accordingly they might be better translated, under the direction of... under the directions of. The latter form is that found in vers. 3, 6. <a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>From the sons לִבְנֵ֣י (liḇ·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of Asaph: אָסָ֗ף (’ā·sāp̄) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_623.htm">Strong's 623: </a> Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites Zaccur, זַכּ֧וּר (zak·kūr) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2139.htm">Strong's 2139: </a> Zaccur -- the name of several Israelites Joseph, וְיוֹסֵ֛ף (wə·yō·w·sêp̄) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3130.htm">Strong's 3130: </a> Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites Nethaniah, וּנְתַנְיָ֥ה (ū·nə·ṯan·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5418.htm">Strong's 5418: </a> Nethaniah -- 'given of Yah', the name of several Israelites and Asarelah. וַאֲשַׂרְאֵ֖לָה (wa·’ă·śar·’ê·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_841.htm">Strong's 841: </a> Asharelah -- a son of Asaph These sons בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son of Asaph אָסָ֑ף (’ā·sāp̄) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_623.htm">Strong's 623: </a> Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites [were] under עַ֚ל (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the direction יַד־ (yaḏ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of Asaph, אָסָ֔ף (’ā·sāp̄) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_623.htm">Strong's 623: </a> Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites who prophesied הַנִּבָּ֖א (han·nib·bā) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5012.htm">Strong's 5012: </a> To prophesy, speak, by inspiration under עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the direction יְדֵ֥י (yə·ḏê) Noun - fdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand of the king. הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">1 Chronicles 25:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">1 Chronicles 25:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">1 Chronicles 25:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">1 Chronicles 25:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">1 Chronicles 25:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">1 Chronicles 25:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">1 Chronicles 25:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">1 Chronicles 25:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">1 Chronicles 25:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">1 Chronicles 25:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 25:2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 25:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 25:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 25:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 25:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>