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The second lot fell to Gedaliah and twelve of his sons and relatives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/25.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him and his brothers and his sons, twelve;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The first lot, which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all; the second to Gedaliah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons <i>were</i> twelve:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the first lot for Asaph came out for Joseph; the second for Gedaliah, him with his brethren and sons, twelve;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph, the second for Gedaliah, he with his relatives and sons <i>were</i> twelve;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph, the second for Gedaliah, he with his relatives and sons were twelve;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph, the second for Gedaliah, he with his relatives and sons <i>were</i> twelve;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph, the second for Gedaliah, he with his relatives and sons <i>were</i> twelve;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The first lot for Asaph fell to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him, his relatives and his sons, twelve;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The first lot for Asaph fell to Joseph, his sons, and his relatives — 12 to Gedaliah the second: him, his relatives, and his sons — 12<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The first lot for Asaph fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers—12 to Gedaliah the second: him, his brothers, and his sons—12 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The first lot drawn chose Joseph, the son of Asaph. The second chose Gedaliah, his sons, and his relatives-12 men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Asaph's first lottery was cast in favor of Joseph; the second went to Gedaliah, that is, to him, to his relatives, and his sons, for a total of twelve;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The first lot, which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers?12 in all; the second to Gedaliah, his sons, and his brothers?12 in all;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The first lot went to Asaph's son Joseph and his relatives and sons--twelve in all, the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons--twelve in all, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now the first lot came out for Asaph of Joseph, his sons and his brothers, twelve; the second to Gedaliah, his brothers and his sons, twelve:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, he and his brothers and sons were twelve; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the first lot goes out for Asaph to Joseph; the second, Gedaliah—him, and his brothers and his sons—twelve;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the first lot goeth out for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second; he, and his brethren and his sons, twelve;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the first lot will come forth to Asaph to Joseph: Gedeliah the second, he and his brethren and his sons, twelve:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the first lot came forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph. The second to Godolias, to him and his sons, and his brethren twelve. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the first lot went forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph; the second went forth to Gedaliah, to him and his sons and his brothers, twelve.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The first lot fell to Asaph, to the family of Joseph; he and his sons and his kinsmen were twelve. Gedaliah was the second; he and his kinsmen and his sons were twelve.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him and his brothers and his sons, twelve;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now the first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and his sons were twelve:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the first lot came up for Asaph to Yauseph; Gedalya was the second, and his brothers and his sons were twelve.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; The second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the first lot of his sons and of his brethren came forth to Asaph the son of Joseph, <i>namely</i>, Godolias: the second Heneia, his sons and his brethren <i>being</i> twelve.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=6988" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/25.htm">Twenty-Four Divisions of Musicians</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: hā·ri·šō·wn (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">The first</a> <a href="/hebrew/1486.htm" title="1486: hag·gō·w·rāl (Art:: N-ms) -- Or goral; from an unused root meaning to be rough; properly, a pebble, i.e. A lot; figuratively, a portion or destiny.">lot,</a> <a href="/hebrew/623.htm" title="623: lə·’ā·sāp̄ (Prep-l:: 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.">which was for Asaph,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: way·yê·ṣê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">fell</a> <a href="/hebrew/3130.htm" title="3130: lə·yō·w·sêp̄ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Future of yacaph; let him add; Joseph, the name of seven Israelites.">to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8145.htm" title="8145: haš·šê·nî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Second (an ord. number). From shanah; properly, double, i.e. Second; also adverbially, again.">the second</a> <a href="/hebrew/1436.htm" title="1436: gə·ḏal·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Or Gdalyahuw; from gadal and Yahh; Jah has become great; Gedaljah, the name of five Israelites.">to Gedaliah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū- (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇā·nāw (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">his sons,</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: wə·’e·ḥāw (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">and his brothers—</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nêm (Number-md) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">12 in all;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘ā·śār (Number-ms) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>the third to Zaccur, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/16-16.htm">1 Samuel 16:16-23</a></span><br />Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.” / And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.” / One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-25.htm">2 Chronicles 29:25-30</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/10-5.htm">1 Samuel 10:5-11</a></span><br />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. / Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person. / When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-12.htm">2 Chronicles 5:12-14</a></span><br />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 / so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/3-15.htm">2 Kings 3:15</a></span><br />But now, bring me a harpist.” And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/12-27.htm">Nehemiah 12:27-30</a></span><br />At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres. / The singers were also assembled from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites, / from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/150-3.htm">Psalm 150:3-5</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/33-2.htm">Psalm 33:2-3</a></span><br />Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings. / Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/81-2.htm">Psalm 81:2</a></span><br />Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-1.htm">Psalm 92:1-3</a></span><br />A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, / to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night / with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/98-4.htm">Psalm 98:4-6</a></span><br />Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises! / Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp. / With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/144-9.htm">Psalm 144:9</a></span><br />I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/149-3.htm">Psalm 149:3</a></span><br />Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-19.htm">Ephesians 5:19</a></span><br />Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a></span><br />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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brothers and sons were twelve:</p><p class="hdg">cast lots</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/24-5.htm">1 Chronicles 24:5</a></b></br> Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors <i>of the house</i> of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/16-8.htm">Leviticus 16:8</a></b></br> And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/14-41.htm">1 Samuel 14:41,42</a></b></br> Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect <i>lot</i>. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped… </p><p class="hdg">ward against ward</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/24-31.htm">1 Chronicles 24:31</a></b></br> These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/26-13.htm">1 Chronicles 26:13,16</a></b></br> And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/12-24.htm">Nehemiah 12:24</a></b></br> And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise <i>and</i> to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/15-22.htm">1 Chronicles 15:22</a></b></br> And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, <i>was</i> for song: he instructed about the song, because he <i>was</i> skilful.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/23-13.htm">2 Chronicles 23:13</a></b></br> And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/25-6.htm">Asaph</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-7.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-23.htm">First</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-7.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-3.htm">Gedaliah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-3.htm">Gedali'ah</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-29.htm">Group</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-2.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-7.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-7.htm">Relatives</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-23.htm">Second</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-10.htm">Twelve</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/26-1.htm">Asaph</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-14.htm">Fell</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-10.htm">First</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-16.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ezra/10-18.htm">Gedaliah</a> <a href="/ezra/10-18.htm">Gedali'ah</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-5.htm">Group</a> <a href="/ezra/10-42.htm">Joseph</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-14.htm">Lot</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-10.htm">Relatives</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/26-2.htm">Second</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/25-10.htm">Twelve</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-1.htm">The number and offices of the singers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-8.htm">Their division by lot into twenty-four orders</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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><b>The first lot, which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;</b><br>Asaph was a prominent figure in the musical worship of Israel, appointed by King David to lead in song and praise (<a href="/1_chronicles/16-5.htm">1 Chronicles 16:5</a>). He is credited with several Psalms (e.g., <a href="/psalms/50.htm">Psalm 50, 73</a>-83), which reflect deep theological insights and a heart for worship. The casting of lots was a common biblical practice to discern God's will (<a href="/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33</a>). Joseph, likely a descendant of Asaph, signifies the continuation of a godly heritage in worship. The number 12 is significant in Scripture, often representing completeness or the people of God, as seen in the 12 tribes of Israel and the 12 apostles. This allocation underscores the organized and divinely ordained nature of worship in the temple.<p><b>the second to Gedaliah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;</b><br>Gedaliah, another leader in the temple worship, represents the next generation of musicians dedicated to the service of God. His name means "Yahweh is great," reflecting the purpose of their ministry. The repetition of "his sons, and his brothers—12 in all" emphasizes the communal and familial aspect of worship, where entire families were involved in the service of the Lord. This mirrors the New Testament concept of the church as a family of believers (<a href="/ephesians/2-19.htm">Ephesians 2:19</a>). The structure and order in the temple worship prefigure the order and unity expected in the body of Christ, where each member has a role to play (<a href="/1_corinthians/12-12.htm">1 Corinthians 12:12-27</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/asaph.htm">Asaph</a></b><br>A prominent Levite musician and seer in the time of King David, known for his role in leading worship and composing psalms.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/joseph.htm">Joseph</a></b><br>Likely a descendant or relative of Asaph, involved in the musical service of the temple.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/gedaliah.htm">Gedaliah</a></b><br>Another leader of a group of musicians, possibly a descendant of Asaph or another Levite family.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sons_and_brothers.htm">Sons and Brothers</a></b><br>Refers to the family members and associates of Asaph and Gedaliah who participated in the temple music ministry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/casting_lots.htm">Casting Lots</a></b><br>A method used in ancient Israel to make decisions or assign duties, believed to reflect God's will.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_music_in_worship.htm">The Role of Music in Worship</a></b><br>Music is a vital part of worship, as seen in the organized structure of temple musicians.<br><br>Reflect on how music enhances your personal and corporate worship experiences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_assignments.htm">God's Sovereignty in Assignments</a></b><br>The casting of lots signifies trust in God's sovereignty over roles and responsibilities.<br><br>Consider how you can trust God in the roles and tasks He assigns to you.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/family_and_ministry.htm">Family and Ministry</a></b><br>The involvement of sons and brothers highlights the importance of family in ministry.<br><br>Encourage family participation in church activities and spiritual growth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faithfulness.htm">Legacy of Faithfulness</a></b><br>Asaph's legacy continued through his descendants, emphasizing the impact of faithful service.<br><br>Reflect on the legacy you are building through your service and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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>(9) <span class= "bld">Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph.</span>--See <a href="/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</a>, according to which Joseph was the second "son" of Asaph. Although not stated in the text, it must have been true of Joseph as of all the following heads, that "he, and his sons and his brethren were twelve." The specified total of 288 (<a href="/1_chronicles/25-7.htm" title="So the number of them, with their brothers that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.">1Chronicles 25:7</a>) requires it.<p><span class= "bld">The second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">Gedaliah was the second, he and his brethren and his sons</span>--<span class= "ital">twelve.</span> The "brethren" and "sons" of the chiefs, in this and the following verses, are the eleven masters, or proficients, in each class.<p><span class= "bld">Brethren.</span>--Fellow-clansmen, or associates.<p><span class= "bld">Sons.</span>--Disciples, or subordinates.<p>Perhaps, however, we should think of elder and younger families, grouped together in one class.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 9-31.</span> <span class="accented">- List of the choirs in the order in which their lots came.</span> The formula, <span class="cmt_word">his sons, and his brethren</span>, which follows twenty-two out of the twenty-four leaders' names which now come before us, is absent from ver. 9, where we should have looked for it, viz. after the name <span class="cmt_word">Joseph</span>. It has been supposed that this is a mere omission of carelessness. But this can scarcely be asserted conclusively. It is observable, for instance, that the order of the formula in the same verse, on occasion of its very first occurrence, is not identical with the other twenty-two instances of it, the word "brethren" preceding "sons," and the pronoun "he" being expressed. The preposition (<span class="hebrew">ל</span>) is sometimes expressed and sometimes not expressed before both the proper names and the ordinal numerals of the list. Examination of the contents of these verses shows, either that it was due to the Divine direction of the lot (<a href="/proverbs/16-33.htm">Proverbs 16:33</a>) that an issue resulted which looks so unlike mere chance, and the system of which is so methodical and traceable; or that the lot-taking was not one of families and sons, all thrown together from the first. This supposition would, of course, leave room for some such ingenious hypothesis as that of Berthean, too artificial by far to be defensible except as a theory that would indeed work out the result. He suggests that the <span class="accented">modus operandi</span> was by two urns, one for the first seven odd numbers, into which were put the names of Asaph's four sons and of the second, third, and fourth of Heman; the other for the first seven even numbers, into which were put the six sons of Jeduthun and the first of Heman. Turning from such a concocted theory to these verses, we find that the first cast brings to the surface the <span class="accented">second</span> son of Asaph, and the second cast brings up the eldest son of Jeduthun. At the end of the seventh all of Asaph's sons are exhausted, and what would have been his next place (the ninth) is occupied by the second son of Heman, whose eldest had just taken the sixth place so thrown out by the lot. At the end of the fourteenth throw Jeduthun's six sons are all used up, and all the remaining places belong to Heman's sons, but still in the order in which they are thrown out by the lot. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The first</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִאשׁ֛וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ri·šō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lot,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹרָ֧ל</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·rāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1486.htm">Strong's 1486: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lot -- a lot (for casting)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[which was] for Asaph,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאָסָ֖ף</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’ā·sāp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_623.htm">Strong's 623: </a> </span><span class="str2">Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fell</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּצֵ֞א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·ṣê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Joseph, [his sons, and his brothers—12 in all];</span><br /><span class="heb">לְיוֹסֵ֑ף</span> <span class="translit">(lə·yō·w·sêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3130.htm">Strong's 3130: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the second</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשֵּׁנִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8145.htm">Strong's 8145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Second (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Gedaliah,</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(gə·ḏal·yā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1436.htm">Strong's 1436: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gedaliah -- 'Yah is great', three Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his sons,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָנָ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and his brothers—</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶחָ֥יו</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’e·ḥāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">12 [in all];</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנֵ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(šə·nêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">1 Chronicles 25:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">1 Chronicles 25:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">1 Chronicles 25:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">1 Chronicles 25:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">1 Chronicles 25:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">1 Chronicles 25:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">1 Chronicles 25:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">1 Chronicles 25:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">1 Chronicles 25:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">1 Chronicles 25:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/25-9.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 25:9 Now the first lot came forth (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 25:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 25:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 25:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 25:10" /></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>