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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Chronicles 25 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_chronicles/25.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_chronicles/25-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > 1 Chronicles 25</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_chronicles/24.htm" title="1 Chronicles 24">◄</a> 1 Chronicles 25 <a href="../1_chronicles/26.htm" title="1 Chronicles 26">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/1_chronicles/25.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Duties of the Musicians</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>David and the army commanders then appointed men from the families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to proclaim God’s messages to the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. Here is a list of their names and their work:</p><p class="b"/><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>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.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>From the sons of Jeduthun, there were Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all. They worked under the direction of their father, Jeduthun, who proclaimed God’s messages to the accompaniment of the lyre, offering thanks and praise to the LORD.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>From the sons of Heman, there were Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s seer, for God had honored him with fourteen sons and three daughters.</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>All these men were under the direction of their fathers as they made music at the house of the LORD. Their responsibilities included the playing of cymbals, harps, and lyres at the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman reported directly to the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They and their families were all trained in making music before the LORD, and each of them—288 in all—was an accomplished musician. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The musicians were appointed to their term of service by means of sacred lots, without regard to whether they were young or old, teacher or student.</p><p class="b"/><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The first lot fell to Joseph of the Asaph clan and twelve of his sons and relatives.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a></p><p class="li1">The second lot fell to Gedaliah and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The third lot fell to Zaccur and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The fourth lot fell to Zeri<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The fifth lot fell to Nethaniah and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The sixth lot fell to Bukkiah and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The seventh lot fell to Asarelah<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The eighth lot fell to Jeshaiah and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The ninth lot fell to Mattaniah and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The tenth lot fell to Shimei and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The eleventh lot fell to Uzziel<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The twelfth lot fell to Hashabiah and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The thirteenth lot fell to Shubael and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The fourteenth lot fell to Mattithiah and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The fifteenth lot fell to Jerimoth<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The sixteenth lot fell to Hananiah and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The seventeenth lot fell to Joshbekashah<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The eighteenth lot fell to Hanani and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The nineteenth lot fell to Mallothi and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The twentieth lot fell to Eliathah and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The twenty-first lot fell to Hothir and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>The twenty-second lot fell to Giddalti and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The twenty-third lot fell to Mahazioth and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/25-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The twenty-fourth lot fell to Romamti-ezer and twelve of his sons and relatives.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">25:3 </span><span class="ft">As in one Hebrew manuscript and some Greek manuscripts (see also 25:17); most Hebrew manuscripts lack </span><span class="it">Shimei.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">25:4 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Shebuel,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Shubael; compare 25:20.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">25:9 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version; Hebrew lacks </span><span class="it">and twelve of his sons and relatives.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">25:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Izri,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Zeri; compare 25:3.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">25:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Jesarelah,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Asarelah; compare 25:2.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">25:18 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Azarel,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Uzziel; compare 25:4.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">25:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Jeremoth,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Jerimoth; compare 25:4.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">25:24 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Joshbekasha,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Joshbekashah; compare 25:4.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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