📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 25:10
What does 1 Chronicles 25:10 mean?
"the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve;"
— 1 Chronicles 25:10 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.
They cast lots for their offices, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the student.
Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, he and his brothers and sons were twelve;
the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
Explanation
This verse comes from a long list in 1 Chronicles 25 that records how King David organized the Levitical musicians into twenty-four service divisions for worship at the temple. Verse 10 simply states that the third lot fell to Zaccur, and that his division—consisting of himself, his sons, and his relatives—numbered twelve men. On the surface it reads like a dry administrative note, but it is part of a carefully structured record of how God's people organized
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