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¹ And Dauid with the chefe captaynes sundered to the offices amonge ye childre of Assaph, Heman & Iedithun ye prophetes with harpes, psalteries & Cymbales, and they were nombred vnto the worke acordynge to their offyce.² Amonge the childre of Assaph was Sakur, Ioseph, Nethania, Asarela, childre of Assaph vnder Assaph which prophecyed besyde ye kynge.³ Of Iedithun: The children of Iedithun were, Gedalia, Zori, Iesaia, Hasabia, Mathithia (Simei) these sixe vnder their father Iedithun wt harpes, whose prophecienge was to geue thankes and to praise the LORDE.⁴ Of Heman: The children of Heman were Bukia, Mathania, Vsiel, Sebuel, Ierimoth, Hanania, Hanani, Eliatha, Gilthi, Romamthieser, Ia?baksa, Mallochi, Hothir and Mehesioth.⁵ All these were the children of Hema the kynges Seer in the wordes of God to lyfte vp the horne: for God gaue Heman fourtene sonnes & thre daughters.⁶ All these were vnder their fathers Assaph Iedithun and Heman, to synge in the house of the LORDE with Cymbales, Psalteries & harpes, acordynge to the office in the house of God besyde the kynge.⁷ And their nombre with their brethren, which were taughte in the songe of the LORDE (euery one hauynge vnderstondinge) was two hundreth & eight and foure score.

⁸ And they cast the lottes ouer their offyce, for the leest as for the greatest, for the master as for the scolar.⁹ And the first Lot fell vpo Ioseph which was of Assaph: the seconde vpo Gedolia wt his brethre and sonnes, of whom there were twolue.¹⁰ The thirde vpo Sacur with his sonnes & brethre, of who there were twolue.¹¹ The fourth vpon Iezri with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue.¹² The fyfth vpo Nethania with his sonnes and brethre, of whom there were twolue.¹³ The syxte vpon Bukia with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue.¹⁴ The seuenth vpon Iesreela with his sonnes and brethre, of whom there were twolue.¹⁵ The eighte vpon Iesaia with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue.¹⁶ The nyenth vpon Mathania with his sonnes and brethre, of whom there were twolue.¹⁷ The tenth vpon Simei with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue.¹⁸ The eleuenth vpon Asraeel with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue.¹⁹ The twolueth vpon Hasabia with his sonnes and brethre, of whom there were twolue.²⁰ The thirtenth vpon Subael with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue.²¹ The fourtenth vpon Mathithia with his sonnes & brethre, of whom there were twolue.²² The fyftenth vpo Ieremoth with his sonnes and brethre, of whom there were twolue.²³ The syxtenth vpon Anania with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue.²⁴ The seuenteth vpon Ia?bekasa with his sonnes & brethren of whom there were twolue.²⁵ The eightenth vpon Hanani with his sonnes and brethre, of whom there were twolue.²⁶ The nyententh vpon Mallothi with his sonnes & brethren, of whom there were twolue.²⁷ The twentieth vpon Eliatha with his sonnes and brethre of whom there were twolue.²⁸ The one & twetieth vpon Hothir with his sonnes & brethre of whom there were twolue.²⁹ The two and twentieth vpon Gidalthi with his sonnes & brethren, of whom there were twolue.³⁰ The thre and twentieth vpon Mehesioth with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue.³¹ The foure and twetyeth vpon Romamthieser with his sonnes and brethren, of whom there were twolue.