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David was a musician and a warrior.  What a combination!  In this chapter, David and the chief of his armies came together to organize the musicians of Israel.  If some of the strongest men on earth want God's music right, then music is recognized by all people from all stages of life.  

God uses David to express his heart that everything that breathes to praise the Lord.

We learned through the organization of the music department, those who played instruments were to play with the word of God as their focus.  The instruments must accompany the prophecy of God's heart.  We can only do that if we have the word in each of us. With the word in us, the sounds we make penetrate the listeners and draws us and those who listen to God's word.  Just as the river that has no lyrics,  it glorifies God in praise.  The wind, trees, birds, ground, mountains, animals all prophesy that God alone is God.  

David is on a mission to organize everything concerning worship before his death.  David organizes so well it will behoove worshipers today to follow his methodology.  When we are organized we represent God.  How we do things distinguishes us from the ways of the world.  

David lists the names of the all people who will be a part of each part of the ministry.  I believe God is showing us how important it is for us to fellowship together so much so that we learn more than what we can do, but learn who we are, even our names.  We can learn from God how to establish every facet of life by understanding how David, a man that carried God's heart, made things orderly.

1 Chronicles 25

David Organizes the Musicians

25 David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of yAsaph, and of zHeman, and of aJeduthun, who bprophesied with lyres, with charps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:

2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who bprophesied under the direction of the king.

 3 Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,1 Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, bwho prophesied with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.

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

5 All these were the sons of Heman dthe king’s seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the Lord with cymbals, charps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king. 

7 The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the Lord, all who were skillful, was e288. 

8 And they cast lots for their duties, fsmall and great, teacher and pupil alike. 

9 The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him and his brothers and his sons, twelve; 

10 the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

11 the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

12 the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

13 the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

14 the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

15 the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

16 the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

17 the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

18 the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

19 the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

20 to the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

 21 to the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

22 to the fifteenth, to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

23 to the sixteenth, to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

 24 to the seventeenth, to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 25 to the eighteenth, to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

26 to the nineteenth, to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

27 to the twentieth, to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

28 to the twenty-first, to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

29 to the twenty-second, to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

30 to the twenty-third, to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve; 

31 to the twenty-fourth, to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve. 

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