And he appointed before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Levites to minister [and] lift up the voice, and to give thanks and praise the Lord God of Israel.

And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests [sounded] continually with trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God in that day.

And they left there Asaph and his brethren before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to minister before the ark continually, according to the service of each day; from day to day.

And [they appointed] Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place in Gibeon,

And with him [were] Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest chosen out by name to praise the Lord, for His mercy [endures] forever.

Your goings, O God, have been seen; the goings of my God, the King, in the sanctuary.

The princes went first, next before the players on instruments, in the midst of damsels playing on timbrels.

Johanan begot Azariah (he ministered as priest in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem);

And the priests bring in the ark into its place, into the oracle of the house, even into the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim.

And the holy poles projected, and the ends of the holy poles appeared out of the holy places in front of the oracle, and were not seen outside.

And it came to pass when the priests departed out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house.

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And these [were] the singers, heads of families of the Levites, [to whom were] established daily courses, for they were employed in the services day and night.

And the number of them after their brethren, those instructed to sing to God, everyone that understood [singing] was two hundred and eighty-eight.

And the first lot of his sons and of his brethren came forth to Asaph the son of Joseph, [namely], Gedaliah; the second Heneia, his sons and his brethren [being] twelve.

the fourth Jizri, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve;

the sixth Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the eighth Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the tenth Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the twelfth Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the fourteenth Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the sixteenth Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the eighteenth Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the twentieth Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the twenty-second Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the twenty-fourth Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, according to the commandment of King David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for by the commandment of the Lord the order [was] in the hand of the prophets.

And Hezekiah told [them] to offer up the whole burnt offering on the altar. And when they began to offer the whole burnt offering, they began to sing to the Lord, and the trumpets [accompanied] the instruments of David king of Israel.

And when they had done offering [it], the king and all that were present bowed down and worshipped.

And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, and the courses of each one according to his ministry, to the priests and to the Levites, for the whole burnt offering, and for the peace offering, and to praise, and to give thanks, and to minister in the gates, [and] in the courts of the house of the Lord.

And the sons of Asaph the psalm-singers [were] at their post according to the commands of David, and Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, the prophets of the king. Also, the chiefs and the porters of the several gates-it was not for them to stir from the service of the holy things, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

And they laid a foundation for building the house of the Lord; and the priests in their robes stood with trumpets and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the order of David king of Israel.

And they answered [each other] with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, [saying], For [it is] good, for His mercy to Israel [endures] forever. And all the people shouted with a loud voice to praise the Lord at the laying the foundation of the house of the Lord.

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their separate orders, for the services of God in Jerusalem, according to the writing of the Book of Moses

Matthaniah son of Micha, and Jobeb son of Samui,

And the porters: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, a hundred and seventy-two.

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for so was the king's commandment concerning them.

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep a feast of dedication and gladness with thanksgiving, and they sounded cymbals with songs, and [had] psalteries and harps.

And the sons of the singers were assembled both from the neighborhood round about to Jerusalem, and from the villages,

And they kept the charges of their God, and the charges of the purification, and [ordered] the singers and the porters, according to the commandments of David and his son Solomon.

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, a daily rate; and consecrated them to the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them to the sons of Aaron.

A Song of Degrees. Behold now, bless the Lord, all the servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.

Lift up your hands by night in the sanctuaries, and bless the Lord.

Alleluia. Praise the name of the Lord; praise the Lord, [you His] servants,

Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises to His name; for [it is] good.