“I will destroy ¹  everything from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.

From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king’s supervision. ¹ 

Serving beside him was his fellow Levite Asaph, ¹  son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

The singers: the descendants of Asaph: 128.

The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148.

She became pregnant ¹  and gave birth to a son. Then she said, “God has taken away my shame.” ² 

The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;

Your plunder ¹  disappears as if locusts were eating it; ²  they swarm over it like locusts! ³ 

Moses said, “As you wish! ¹  I will not see your face again.” ² 

Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mika, son of Zikri, son of Asaph;

That day David first gave to Asaph and his colleagues this song of thanks to the Lord:

The divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

from the descendants of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeiel; from the descendants of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah;

In a year’s time ¹  you carefree ones will shake with fear, for the grape ²  harvest will fail, and the fruit harvest will not arrive.

add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.

“I will destroy people and animals; I will destroy the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea. (The idolatrous images of these creatures will be destroyed along with evil people.) ¹  I will remove ²  humanity from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.

And from there they traveled ¹  to Beer; ²  that is the well where the Lord spoke to Moses, “Gather the people and I will give them water.”

So now assemble the rest of the army ¹  and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me.”

They summoned the king, so Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet them.

So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; one of his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; one of the descendants of Merari, ¹  Ethan son of Kushaiah;