with their kinsmen all trained and skillfull singers of Adonai, numbered 288.
Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for music and other instruments for praising God. The sons of Jeduthun were to be at the gate.
4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 for praising Adonai “with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”
The men did the work faithfully. Over them were appointed Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the sons of Merari, along with Zechariah and Meshullam from the sons of Kohath, to supervise, while other Levites—all skilled musicians—