Twenty-Four Divisions of Musicians

1And so Dauid and the captaynes of the hoast appoynted out to do seruice the sonnes of Asaph, and Heman, & Ieduthun, which should prophecie with harpes, psalteries, and cymbales: And there was a multitude of the men that were appoynted to the seruice and ministration: 2Of the sonnes of Asaph, Zacur, Ioseph, Nathania, and Asarela that wayted on Asaph which prophecied according to the commaundement of the king. 3Of Ieduthun: the sonnes of Ieduthun, Gedeliahu, Zeri, Iesaiahu, Hasabiahu, and Mathathiahu, sixe, vnder the handes of their father Ieduthun, which prophecied with a harpe, for to geue thankes & prayses vnto the Lorde. 4Of Heman: the sonnes of Heman, Bucciahu, Matthaniahu, Uzziel, Zebuel, Ierimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliatha, Geddalthi, Romanthi Ezer, Iosbekasa, Malothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. 5All these were the sonnes of Heman which was ye kinges sear in the wordes of God, to lyft vp the horne of the regall dignitie: And God gaue to Hema foureteene sonnes, and three daughters. 6All these also were at the hand of their father, singing in the house of the Lord, with cymbales, psalteries, and harpes, when Asaph, Ieduthun, and Heman executed the seruice in the house of God at the kinges commaundement. 7And the multitude of them with their brethre that were instruct in the songes of the Lorde, euen all that were cunning, were two hundred fourescore and eyght.

8And they cast lottes among them selues how they should waite, aswel for the small as for the great, for the scholler aswell as for the schoolemaister.

9And the first lot in Asaph fell to Ioseph, the second to Gedaliahu with his brethren and sonnes, which men were twelue. 10The third fell to Zacur with his sonnes and brethren, being twelue persons. 11The fourth, to Izri with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 12The fifth to Nathaniahu with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 13The sixt to Bucciahu with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 14The seuenth to Iesrarela with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 15The eyght to Iesaiahu with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 16The ninth to Mathaiahu with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 17The tenth to Semei with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 18The eleuenth to Azareel with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 19The twelfth to Hazabia with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 20The thirteenth to Subael with his sonnes and brethren twelue persons. 21The foureteenth, to Mathathiahu with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 22The fifteenth to Ieremoth with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 23The sixteenth to Hananiahu with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 24The seuenteenth to Iosbekasa with his sonnes & brethren, twelue persons. 25The eyghteenth to Hanani with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 26The nineteenth to Malothi with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 27The twenteeth to Eliaiha with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 28The twentie and one to Hothir with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 29The twentie & two to Geddalthi with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 30The twentie and three to Mahazioth with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons. 31The twentie and foure to Romamthi Ezer with his sonnes and brethren, twelue persons.