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.

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:

⁶ They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the Lord with cymbals, ^(A)harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king.

²⁸ So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, ^(A)trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on ^(B)harps and lyres.

¹⁹ The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals;

^5 (A)Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,

Uzzah and the Ark

⁵ And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with ^(A)songs^[a] and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.

⁸ And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with song and ^(A)lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.