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1 Chronicles 25:9

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 25:9 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve:
1 Chronicles 25:9 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 25

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.
7And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
8And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
9Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve:
10the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
11the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
12the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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What do historical commentaries say?

Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“To Joseph - For the family of Asaph, of which Joseph was. Here that clause, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve, is to be understood, as it is expressed in all the following verses, otherwise they do not make up that number of two hundred and eighty - eight mentioned Ch1 25:7. Next: 1 Chronicles Chapter 26”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Joseph: Ch1 25:2 the second: Dr. Geddes, chiefly on the authority of the Arabic, adds, "who with his sons and brethren were twelve. 1 Chronicles 25:10”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“The order of succession was so determined by lot, that the four sons of Asaph ( Ch1 25:3) received the first, third, fifth, and seventh places; the six sons of Jeduthun, the second, fourth, eighth, twelfth, and fourteenth; and finally, the four sons of Heman (first mentioned in Ch1 25:4), the sixth, ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth places; while the remaining places, Ch1 25:15-24, fell to the other sons of Heman. From this we learn that the lots of the sons of the three chief musicians were not placed in separate urns, and one lot drawn from each alternately; but that, on the contrary, all the lots were placed in one urn, and in drawing the lots of Asaph and Jeduthun came out so, that after…”
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