Ezra 2:41

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The music-makers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and twenty-eight

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 6:39 : 39 And his brother Asaph, whose place was at his right hand, Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
  • 1 Chr 15:17 : 17 So Heman, the son of Joel, and, of his brothers, Asaph, the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan, the son of Kushaiah, were put in position by the Levites;
  • 1 Chr 25:1-2 : 1 Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, sons of Asaph; under the direction of Asaph, acting as a prophet under the orders of the king;
  • Neh 7:44 : 44 The music-makers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.
  • Neh 11:17 : 17 And Mattaniah, the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who had to give the first note of the song of praise in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers, and Abda, the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Neh 7:43-45
    3 verses
    87%

    43 The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.

    44 The music-makers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.

    45 The door-keepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-eight.

  • 1 Chr 25:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

    6 All these, under the direction of their father, made music in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments, for the worship of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the orders of the king.

    7 And the number of them, with their brothers who were trained and expert in making melody to the Lord, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

  • Ezra 2:42
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    42 The children of the door-keepers: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-nine.

  • Ezra 2:40
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    40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four.

  • Ezra 2:23-24
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    75%

    23 The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.

    24 The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.

  • Neh 11:14
    74%

    14 And their brothers, men of war, a hundred and twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

  • Ezra 2:21
    74%

    21 The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred and twenty-three.

  • Neh 7:26-28
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    73%

    26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred and eighty-eight.

    27 The men of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.

    28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty-two.

  • Ezra 2:12
    73%

    12 The children of Azgad, a thousand, two hundred and twenty-two.

  • Ezra 2:27-28
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    73%

    27 The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.

    28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred and twenty-three.

  • 2 Chr 5:12
    72%

    12 And the Levites who made the music, all of them, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and brothers, robed in fair linen, were in their places with their brass and corded instruments at the east side of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing horns;)

  • Neh 12:46
    71%

    46 For in the days of David and Asaph in the past, there was a master of the music, and songs of blessing and praise to God.

  • Neh 11:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18 All the Levites in the holy town were two hundred and eighty-four.

    19 In addition the door-keepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers who kept watch at the doors, were a hundred and seventy-two.

  • Ezra 8:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;

    20 And of the Nethinim, to whom David and the captains had given the work of helping the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim, all of them specially named.

  • Ezra 2:58
    70%

    58 All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.

  • Neh 7:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    31 The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.

    32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.

  • Ezra 2:64-65
    2 verses
    70%

    64 The number of all the people together was forty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty,

    65 As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven: and they had two hundred men and women to make music.

  • Neh 12:28
    70%

    28 And the sons of the music-makers came together from the lowland round about Jerusalem and from the daughter-towns of the Netophathites,

  • Ezra 2:38
    70%

    38 The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.

  • Ezra 2:16
    69%

    16 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.

  • 1 Chr 15:18
    69%

    18 And with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Bani and Jaaziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Unni, Eliab and Benaiah and Maaseiah and Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel, the door-keepers.

  • Ezra 2:3
    69%

    3 The children of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two.

  • Neh 7:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21 The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.

    22 The children of Hashum, three hundred and twenty-eight.

  • 1 Chr 16:5
    69%

    5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Uzziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel, with corded instruments of music; and Asaph, with brass instruments sounding loudly;

  • 1 Chr 25:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1 Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was:

    2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, sons of Asaph; under the direction of Asaph, acting as a prophet under the orders of the king;

  • Ezra 2:18
    69%

    18 The children of Jorah, a hundred and twelve.

  • 2 Chr 35:15
    69%

    15 And the sons of Asaph, the makers of melody, were in their places, as ordered by David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the king's seer; and the door-keepers were stationed at every door: there was no need for them to go away from their places, for their brothers the Levites made ready for them.

  • Neh 7:8
    68%

    8 The children of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two.

  • Ezra 2:6
    68%

    6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand, eight hundred and twelve.

  • Ezra 8:12
    68%

    12 And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan, the son of Hakkatan; and with him a hundred and ten males.

  • Neh 7:41
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    41 The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.

  • Neh 12:42
    68%

    42 And Maaseiah and Shemaiah and Eleazar and Uzzi and Jehohanan and Malchijah and Elam and Ezer. And the makers of melody made their voices loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer.

  • Ezra 2:8
    68%

    8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred and forty-five.

  • Neh 7:16
    68%

    16 The children of Bebai, six hundred and twenty-eight.

  • Neh 7:67
    67%

    67 As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred and forty-five men and women to make music.