📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 25:28
What does 1 Chronicles 25:28 mean?
"for the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve;"
— 1 Chronicles 25:28 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
for the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
for the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
for the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
for the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
Explanation
First Chronicles 25:28 records a single line from a long list detailing how King David organized the Levitical musicians for service in the house of the Lord. The verse simply states that the twenty-first lot, out of twenty-four total divisions, fell to a man named Hothir, and that his division—including his sons and relatives—numbered twelve men. On the surface it is a bare administrative note, but it carries meaning within the larger structure of the chapter.
The broader context is 1 Chronicles 25 as a whole, which describes David, along with the leaders of the army, setting apart descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun "for the service of prophesying with harps, lyres, and cymbals" (25:1). These men were skilled musicians whose families formed the temple choir and orchestra. Hothir was one of the fourteen sons of Heman, who himself was called "the king's seer" (25:5) and was reg
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