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He appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then ^(F1)Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with musical instruments, harps, and lyres; also Asaph played loud-sounding cymbals,

and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

Then on that day David ^(C1)first assigned ^(F1)Asaph and his relatives to give thanks to the LORD.