[They were] armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in [hurling] stones and [shooting] arrows out of a bow, [even] of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
And of the children of Issachar, [which were men] that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them [were] two hundred; and all their brethren [were] at their commandment.
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If [it seem] good unto you, and [that it be] of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, [that are] left in all the land of Israel, and with them [also] to the priests and Levites [which are] in their cities [and] suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
And said unto them, Ye [are] the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, [both] ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto [the place that] I have prepared for it.
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
And with them their brethren of the second [degree], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:
And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah [to be] porters:
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that [was] at Gibeon,
Then on that day David delivered first [this psalm] to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy [place], and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
The third to Zaccur, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The fourth to Izri, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The fifth to Nethaniah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The sixth to Bukkiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The seventh to Jesharelah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The eighth to Jeshaiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The ninth to Mattaniah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The tenth to Shimei, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The eleventh to Azareel, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The twelfth to Hashabiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The thirteenth to Shubael, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The fourteenth to Mattithiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The fifteenth to Jeremoth, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The sixteenth to Hananiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The eighteenth to Hanani, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The nineteenth to Mallothi, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The twentieth to Eliathah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The one and twentieth to Hothir, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The two and twentieth to Giddalti, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve.
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.
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons [were] twelve:
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah [were] thirteen.
And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
Which Shelomith and his brethren [were] over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; [and] whosoever had dedicated [any thing, it was] under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
[And] of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, [were] officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.
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