¹And David and the commanders of the army separated some of the sons of Asaph, and Heman and Jeduthun for the work – the prophets with harps and lutes and timbrels. And the enumeration of them – men skilled for their work – was as follows: ²of the sons of Asaph, Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph, under the auspices of Asaph the prophet, under the auspices of the king; ³of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun were Gedaliah and Zeri and Isaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah – six of them, under the auspices of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp to give thanks and to praise the Lord; ⁴of Heman, the sons of Heman were Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir and Mahazioth. ⁵All those were the sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words of God, to enhance his prestige, and God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶All these were under the auspices of their father, in song at the house of the Lord with timbrels, lutes and harps for the work of the house of God, under the auspices of the king, they being the lines of Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman. ⁷So the number of them with their brothers who were trained in singing to the Lord – everyone who was skilled – was two hundred and eighty-eight. ⁸And they cast lots for the guardianship, small and great in the same way, the skillful with the learner. ⁹And Asaph's first lot fell on Joseph; the second on Gedaliah. He and his brothers and his sons were twelve in number. ¹⁰The third fell on Zaccur; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ¹¹The fourth fell on Izri; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ¹²The fifth fell on Nethaniah; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ¹³The sixth fell on Bukkiah; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ¹⁴The seventh fell on Jesarelah; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ¹⁵The eighth fell on Isaiah; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ¹⁶The ninth fell on Mattaniah; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ¹⁷The tenth fell on Shimei; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ¹⁸The eleventh fell on Azarel; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ¹⁹The twelfth fell on Hashabiah; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ²⁰As for the thirteenth, it fell on Shubael; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ²¹As for the fourteenth, it fell on Mattithiah; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ²²As for the fifteenth, it fell on Jeremoth; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ²³As for the sixteenth, it fell on Hananiah; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ²⁴As for the seventeenth, it fell on Joshbekashah; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ²⁵As for the eighteenth, it fell on Hanani; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ²⁶As for the nineteenth, it fell on Mallothi; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ²⁷As for the twentieth, it fell on Eliathah; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ²⁸As for twenty-first, it fell on Hothir; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ²⁹As for the twenty-second, it fell on Giddalti; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ³⁰As for the twenty-third, it fell on Mahazioth; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number. ³¹As for the twenty-fourth it fell on Romamti-Ezer; he and his sons and his brothers were twelve in number.