The Scriptures (ISR 1998) 1And Dawiḏ and the commanders of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, and of Hĕman, and of Yeḏuthun, who should prophesy with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. And the number of the workmen according to their service was: 2Of the sons of Asaph: Zakkur, and Yosĕph, and Nethanyah, and Ashar’ĕlah, the sons of Asaph at the hands of Asaph, who prophesied at the hands of the sovereign. 3Of Yeḏuthun, the sons of Yeḏuthun: Geḏalyahu, and Tseri, and Yeshayahu, Ḥashaḇyahu, and Mattithyahu, six, under the hands of their father Yeḏuthun, who prophesied with a lyre to give thanks and to praise יהוה. 4Of Hĕman, the sons of Hĕman: Buqqiyahu, Mattanyahu, Uzzi’ĕl, Sheḇu’ĕl, and Yerimoth, Ḥananyah, Ḥanani, Eliyathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Yoshbeqashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Maḥaziyoth. 5All these were the sons of Hĕman the sovereign’s seer in the words of Elohim, to exalt his horn. For Elohim gave Hĕman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6All these were at the hands of their father for song in the House of יהוה, with cymbals, harps and lyres, for the service of the House of Elohim: Asaph, Yeḏuthun, and Hĕman, at the hands of the sovereign. 7And the number of them, with their brothers who were taught in the songs of יהוה, all who were skilled, was two hundred and eighty-eight. 8And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the student. 9And the first lot for Asaph came forth for Yosĕph; Geḏalyahu the second, he, and his brothers and sons, twelve; 10the third Zakkur, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 11the fourth Yitsri, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 12the fifth Nethanyahu, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 13the sixth Buqqiyahu, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 14the seventh Yesar’ĕlah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 15the eighth Yeshayahu, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 16the ninth Mattanyahu, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 17the tenth Shim‛i, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 18the eleventh Azar’ĕl, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 19the twelfth Ḥashaḇyah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 20the thirteenth Shuḇa’ĕl, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 21the fourteenth Mattithyahu, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 22the fifteenth Yerĕmoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 23the sixteenth Ḥananyahu, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 24the seventeenth Yoshbeqashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 25the eighteenth Ḥanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 26the nineteenth Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 27the twentieth Eliyathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 28the twenty-first Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 29the twenty-second Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 30the twenty-third Maḥaziyoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 31the twenty-fourth Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve. |