The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him and his brothers and his sons, twelve;
Twenty-four persons are named in the beginning of this chapter as sons of those three great men, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun. Ethan was the third (Ch1 6:44), but probably he was dead before the establishment was perfected and Jeduthun came in his room.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 25:8-31
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph,.... His second son to the preference of the firstborn, Ch1 25:2, the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: and which must also be understood of Joseph, and supplied to him; for those being both in one verse, as Jarchi observes, it is but once mentioned, but must be supplied, or...
THEIR DIVISION BY LOT INTO FOUR AND TWENTY ORDERS. (1Ch. 25:8-31) they cast lots, ward against ward--"Ward" is an old English word for "division" or "company." The lot was cast to determine the precedence of the classes or divisions over which the musical leaders presided; and, in order to secure an impartial arrangement of their order, the master and his assistants, the teacher and his...
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 25:8-31