1 Chronicles 25
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
1 Ref Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was:
2 Ref Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, sons of Asaph; under the direction of Asaph, acting as a prophet under the orders of the king;
3 Ref Of Jeduthun: the six sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah; under the direction of their father Jeduthun who, acting as a prophet, with corded instruments gave praise and glory to the Lord.
4 Ref Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth;
5 Ref All these were sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words of God. And to make great his power God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 Ref All these, under the direction of their father, made music in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments, for the worship of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the orders of the king.
7 Ref And the number of them, with their brothers who were trained and expert in making melody to the Lord, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
8 Ref And selection was made of them for their special work, all having equal chances, small as well as great, the teacher as the learner.
9 Now of the group of Asaph, the first name to come out was Joseph; the second Gedaliah; he and his brothers and sons were twelve?
10 The third Zaccur, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
11 The fourth Izri, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
12 The fifth Nethaniah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
13 The sixth Bukkiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
14 The seventh Jesharelah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
15 The eighth Jeshaiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
16 The ninth Mattaniah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
17 The tenth Shimei, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
18 The eleventh Azarel, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
19 The twelfth Hashabiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
20 The thirteenth Shubael, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
21 The fourteenth Mattithiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
22 The fifteenth Jeremoth, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
23 The sixteenth Hananiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
24 The seventeenth Joshbekashah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
25 The eighteenth Hanani, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
26 The nineteenth Mallothi, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
27 The twentieth Eliathah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
28 The twenty-first Hothir, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
29 The twenty-second Giddalti, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
30 The twenty-third Mahazioth, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;
31 The twenty-fourth Romamti-ezer, with his sons and his brothers, twelve.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Ref And David and the heads of the host separate for service, of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, who are prophesying with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals, and the number of the workmen is according to their service.
2 Ref Of sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, `are' by the side of Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king.
3 Ref Of Jeduthun: sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, Shisshah, `are' by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is prophesying, for giving of thanks and of praise to Jehovah.
4 Ref Of Heman: sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth;
5 Ref all these `are' sons of Heman -- seer of the king in the things of God -- to lift up a horn; and God giveth to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 Ref All these `are' by the side of their father in the song of the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; by the side of the king `are' Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman.
7 Ref And their number, with their brethren -- taught in the song of Jehovah, all who are intelligent -- is two hundred, eighty and eight.
8 Ref And they cause to fall lots -- charge over-against `charge', as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner.
9 And the first lot goeth out for Asaph to Joseph; `to' Gedaliah the second; he, and his brethren and his sons, twelve;
10 the third `to' Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
11 the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
12 the fifth `to' Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
13 the sixth `to' Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
14 the seventh `to' Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
15 the eighth `to' Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
16 the ninth `to' Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
17 the tenth `to' Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
18 eleventh `to' Azareel, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
19 the twelfth `to' Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
20 at the thirteenth `to' Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
21 at the fourteenth `to' Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
22 at the fifteenth `to' Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
23 at the sixteenth `to' Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
24 at the seventeenth `to' Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25 at the eighteenth `to' Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
26 at the nineteenth `to' Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
27 at the twentieth `to' Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
28 at the one and twentieth `to' Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
29 at the two and twentieth `to' Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
30 at the three and twentieth `to' Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
31 at the four and twentieth `to' Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.