5. All these were the family of Heman the king’s seer, according to God’s promise to honor him. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6. They were all under their father’s direction when singing in the Lord’s temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres to provide service in God’s temple, by order of the king.As for Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman,
7. the number of themselves and their relatives, who were trained in singing to the Lord and who were all skillful, was 288.
8. They cast lots for their assigned duties, small as well as great, teacher and pupil alike.
9. The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, his relatives, and his family, 12;
10. the third to Zaccur, his family, and his relatives, 12;
11. the fourth to Izri, his family, and his relatives, 12;
12. the fifth to Nethaniah, his family, and his relatives, 12;