Twenty-Four Divisions of Musicians

1So Dauid and the captaines of the armie separated for the ministerie the sonnes of Asaph, and Heman, and Ieduthun, who should sing prophesies with harpes, with violes, and with cymbales, and their nomber was euen of the men for the office of their ministerie, to wit, 2Of the sonnes of Asaph, Zaccur, and Ioseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah the sonnes of Asaph were vnder the hand of Asaph, which sang prophesies by the commission of the King. 3Of Ieduthun, the sonnes of Ieduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Ieshaiah, Ashabiah and Mattithiah, six, vnder the hands of their father: Ieduthun sang prophecies with an harpe, for to giue thankes and to praise the Lorde. 4Of Heman, the sonnes of Heman, Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Vzziel, Shebuel, and Ierimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Ioshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. 5All these were the sonnes of Heman, the Kings Seer in the wordes of God to lift vp the horne: and God gaue to Heman fourtene sonnes and three daughters. 6All these were vnder the hande of their father, singing in the house of the Lorde with cymbales, violes and harpes, for the seruice of the house of God, and Asaph, and Ieduthun, and Heman were at the Kings commandement. 7So was their nomber with their brethre that were instruct in ye songs of the Lord, euen of al that were cunning, two hundreth foure score & eight.

8And they cast lottes, charge against charge, aswel small as great, the cunning man as the scholer.

9And the first lot fell to Ioseph which was of Asaph, the second, to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and his sonnes were twelue. 10The third, to Zaccur, he, his sonnes and his brethren were twelue. 11The fourth, to Izri, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 12The fift, to Nethaniah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 13The sixt, to Bukkiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 14The seuenth, to Iesharelah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 15The eight, to Ieshaiah, he, his sonnes & his brethren twelue. 16The ninth, to Mattaniah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 17The tenth, to Shimei, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 18The eleuenth, to Azareel, he, his sonnes & his brethren twelue. 19The twelft, to Ashabiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 20The thirteenth, to Shubael, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 21The fourtenth, to Mattithiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 22The fifteenth, to Ierimoth, he, his sonnes & his brethren twelue. 23The sixteenth, to Hananiah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 24The seuenteenth, to Ioshbekashah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 25The eighteenth, to Hanani, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 26The ninteenth, to Mallothi, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 27The twentieth, to Eliathah, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 28The one and twentieth, to Hothir, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 29The two and twentieth, to Giddalti, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 30The three & twentieth, to Mahazioth, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue. 31The foure & twentieth, to Romamti-ezer, he, his sonnes and his brethren twelue.