4David appointed Levites to serve before the ark of the LORD, to commemorate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.
5Asaph was the chief, with Zechariah as his assistant, along with Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They played harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals.
6Benaiah and Jahaziel, the priests, blew the trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
7On that day, David first gave Asaph and his brothers the task of singing praise to the LORD.