Videre sørget David og hærens høvdinger for å skille ut sønnene til Asaf, Heman og Jedutun til tjeneste, som skulle profetere med harper, lyrer og symbaler. Antallet arbeidere i henhold til deres tjeneste var:

Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

Av sønnene til Asaf: Sakkur, Josef, Netanja og Asarela; disse sønnene til Asaf var under ledelse av Asaf, som profeterte i henhold til kongens ordre.

Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.

Av Jedutun: sønnene til Jedutun; Gedalja, Seri, Jesaja, Hasabja og Mattitja, seks i alt, under ledelse av deres far Jedutun, som profeterte med en harpe for å takke og prise Herren.

Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

Av Heman: sønnene til Heman; Bukkia, Mattanja, Ussiel, Sjebuel, Jerimot, Hananja, Hanani, Eliata, Giddalti, Romamti-Eser, Josbekasa, Malloti, Hotir og Mahaziot.

Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:

Alle disse var sønnene til Heman, kongens seer i ordene fra Gud, for å løfte hornet høyt. Gud ga Heman fjorten sønner og tre døtre.

All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

Alle disse var under ledelse av deres far for å synge i Herrens hus med cymbaler, lyrer og harper til tjeneste for Guds hus, i henhold til kongens ordre gitt til Asaf, Jedutun og Heman.

All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

Så tallet på dem, sammen med deres brødre som var opplært i Herrens sanger, alle som var dyktige, var to hundre og åttiåtte.

So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

Og de kastet lodd, vakt mot vakt, både den lille og den store, læreren og eleven.

And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

Nå falt det første loddet på Asaf til Josef. Det andre til Gedalja, som med sine brødre og sønner var tolv.

Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:

Det tredje til Sakkur, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det fjerde til Isri, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det femte til Netanja, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det sjette til Bukkia, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det syvende til Jesarela, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det åttende til Jesaja, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det niende til Mattanja, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det tiende til Sjimi, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det ellevte til Asarel, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det tolvte til Hasabja, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det trettende til Sjubael, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det fjortende til Mattitja, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det femtende til Jerimot, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det sekstende til Hananja, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det syttende til Josbekasa, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det attende til Hanani, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det nittende til Malloti, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det tjuende til Eliata, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det tjueførste til Hotir, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det tjuetoende til Giddalti, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det tjuetredje til Mahaziot, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Det tjuefjerde til Romamti-Eser, han, hans sønner og hans brødre var tolv.

The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.