7And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto the LORD, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.


In Context

4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth:

5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

7 And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto the LORD, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

8 And they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

25:7Along with their relatives-all of them trained and skilled in music for the Lord -they numbered 288.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:7So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, [even] all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

25:7And the number of them with their brethren, that taught the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred and eighty-eight,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

25:7And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:7And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of Jehovah, all of them skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:7So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were skillful, was two hundred and eighty eight.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

25:7The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

25:7And their number, with their brethren — taught in the song of Jehovah, all who are intelligent — is two hundred, eighty and eight.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

25:7So the number of them, with their brothers that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.