David Organizes the Musicians

25 David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of (A)Asaph, and of (B)Heman, and of (C)Jeduthun, who (D)prophesied with lyres, with (E)harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:

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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 (A)Samuel,

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15 But now (A)bring me a musician.” And when the musician played, (B)the hand of the Lord came upon him.

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After that you shall come to (A)Gibeath-elohim,[a] (B)where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down (C)from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:5 Gibeath-elohim means the hill of God

39 and his brother (A)Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

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And I saw (A)what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire—and also those (B)who had conquered the beast and its image and (C)the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass (D)with harps of God in their hands. And they sing (E)the song of Moses, (F)the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

(G)“Great and amazing are your deeds,
    O Lord God the Almighty!
(H)Just and true are your ways,
    O King of the nations![a]
(I)Who will not fear, O Lord,
    and glorify your name?
For you alone are (J)holy.
    (K)All nations will come
    and worship you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

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  1. Revelation 15:3 Some manuscripts the ages

Dedication of the Wall

27 And at (A)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, (B)with cymbals, harps, and lyres.

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24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, 25 (A)the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, (B)falling on his face, he will worship God and (C)declare that God is really among you.

Orderly Worship

26 What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has (D)a hymn, (E)a lesson, (F)a revelation, (G)a tongue, or (H)an interpretation. (I)Let all things be done for building up.

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Praise him with (A)trumpet sound;
    praise him with (B)lute and (C)harp!
Praise him with (D)tambourine and (E)dance;
    praise him with (F)strings and (G)pipe!
Praise him with sounding (H)cymbals;
    praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

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How Great Are Your Works

A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath.

92 (A)It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
    to sing praises to your name, (B)O Most High;
to declare your (C)steadfast love in (D)the morning,
    and your (E)faithfulness by (F)night,
to the music of (G)the lute and (H)the harp,
    to the melody of (I)the lyre.

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43 And they offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.

Service at the Temple

44 (A)On that day men were appointed over the storerooms, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the Law for the priests and for the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered. 45 And they performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, (B)according to the command of David and his son Solomon. 46 For long ago in the days of David and (C)Asaph there were directors of the singers, and there were songs[a] of praise and thanksgiving to God.

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  1. Nehemiah 12:46 Or leaders

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. (A)The Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music,

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25 (A)And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, (B)according to the commandment of David and of Gad (C)the king's seer and of (D)Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets. 26 The Levites stood with (E)the instruments of David, (F)and the priests with the trumpets.

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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 tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”

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Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,[a] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, (A)who prophesied with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 25:3 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts lack Shimei

4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments (A)that I have made for praise.” (B)And David organized them in divisions (C)corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

(D)The sons of Gershon[a] were Ladan and Shimei.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 23:7 Vulgate (compare Septuagint, Syriac); Hebrew to the Gershonite

16 David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on (A)musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. 17 So the Levites appointed (B)Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers (C)Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, (D)Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 18 and with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel. 19 The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals; 20 Zechariah, (E)Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to (F)Alamoth; 21 but Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, (G)Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to (H)the Sheminith.

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Raise a song; sound (A)the tambourine,
    (B)the sweet lyre with (C)the harp.

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24 And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and (A)Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them, (B)to praise and to give thanks, (C)according to the commandment of David (D)the man of God, (E)watch by watch.

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10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, (A)according to the directions of David king of Israel. 11 And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord,

(B)“For he is good,
    for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.”

And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

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