📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 25:9
What does 1 Chronicles 25:9 mean?
"Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, he and his brothers and sons were twelve;"
— 1 Chronicles 25:9 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
All these were under the hands of their father for song in Yahweh’s house, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of God’s house; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.
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;
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