On that day David decreed for the first time that thanks be given to the Lord by Asaph and his relatives:
1 Chronicles 6:39 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Heman’s relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Heman's [tribal] brother Asaph stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, American Standard Version (1901) And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, Common English Bible His relative was Asaph, who stood on his right, that is, Asaph son of Berechiah son of Shimea Catholic Public Domain Version And there was also his brother, Asaph, who was standing at his right, Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand; Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa. |
On that day David decreed for the first time that thanks be given to the Lord by Asaph and his relatives:
David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. This is the list of the men who performed their service:
From Asaph’s sons: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under Asaph’s authority, who prophesied under the authority of the king.
The following were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
In the middle of the congregation, the Spirit of the Lord came on Jahaziel (son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants),
Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites; Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;
Then King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to sing praise to the Lord in the words of David and of the seer Asaph. So they sang praises with rejoicing and knelt low and worshipped.
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. Also, the gatekeepers were at each temple gate. None of them left their tasks because their Levite brothers had made preparations for them.
the Levitical singers dressed in fine linen and carrying cymbals, harps, and lyres were standing east of the altar, and with them were 120 priests blowing trumpets. The Levitical singers were descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun and their sons and relatives.
When the builders had laid the foundation of the Lord’s temple, the priests, dressed in their robes and holding trumpets, and the Levites descended from Asaph, holding cymbals, took their positions to praise the Lord, as King David of Israel had instructed.
Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the one who began the thanksgiving in prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his relatives; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
The leader of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the descendants of Asaph, who were singers for the service of God’s house.
and some of the priests’ sons with trumpets, and Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph followed
For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were heads of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
The lot came out for the Kohathite clans: The Levites who were the descendants of the priest Aaron received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
The Israelites gave these cities by name from the tribes of the descendants of Judah and Simeon