1 Chronicles 25:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:

Cross References

1 Kings 10:12

And the king made of the almug wood supports for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, lyres also and harps for the singers; no such almug wood has come or been seen, to this day.

2 Kings 3:15

But now bring me a minstrel.” And when the minstrel played, the power of the Lord came upon him.

1 Chronicles 12:28

Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two commanders from his own father's house.

1 Chronicles 13:8

And David and all Israel were making merry before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

1 Chronicles 15:28

So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.

1 Chronicles 23:2

David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.

1 Chronicles 25:2

Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.

1 Chronicles 25:3

Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shime-i, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 25:9

The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him and his brethren and his sons, twelve;

1 Chronicles 6:16

The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:33

These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel,

1 Chronicles 6:39

and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shime-a,

1 Chronicles 6:44

On the left hand were their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

1 Chronicles 9:33

Now these are the singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, dwelling in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.

2 Chronicles 23:1

But in the seventh year Jehoiada took courage, and entered into a compact with the commanders of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Ma-aseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri.

2 Chronicles 23:13

and when she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with their musical instruments leading in the celebration. And Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, “Treason! Treason!”

2 Chronicles 23:18

And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the Lord under the direction of the Levitical priests and the Levites whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.

2 Chronicles 23:9

And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains the spears and the large and small shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of God;

2 Chronicles 29:13

and of the sons of Eli-zaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

2 Chronicles 29:14

and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shime-i; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

2 Chronicles 31:2

And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to minister in the gates of the camp of the Lord and to give thanks and praise.

2 Chronicles 34:12

And the men did the work faithfully. Over them were set Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to have oversight. The Levites, all who were skilful with instruments of music,

2 Chronicles 35:15

The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the gatekeepers were at each gate; they did not need to depart from their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

2 Chronicles 5:12

and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, stood east of the altar with a hundred and twenty priests who were trumpeters;

2 Chronicles 8:14

According to the ordinance of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry before the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions for the several gates; for so David the man of God had commanded.

Ezra 2:41

The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and twenty-eight.

Ezra 6:18

And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

Nehemiah 11:17

and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

Nehemiah 12:24

And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmi-el, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch corresponding to watch.

Nehemiah 12:27

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Psalm 81:2

Raise a song, sound the timbrel, the sweet lyre with the harp.

Psalm 81:3

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

Ezekiel 40:44

Then he brought me from without into the inner court, and behold, there were two chambers in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south gate facing north.

1 Samuel 10:5

After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines; and there, as you come to the city, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.