1 Chronicles 25 · Grade 5
Skill Offered in Worship
Read and Think
Chapter 25 organizes the musicians, set apart by David and the captains of the army. The sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun were to prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. Their music was not mere performance. It declared God's word in thanks and praise, as Jeduthun prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh.
Heman, the king's seer, received fourteen sons and three daughters according to God's promise to lift up his horn. All of them served under their father for song in Yahweh's house. Family, talent, and calling came together, under the order of the king.
Two hundred eighty-eight skilled singers were divided into twenty-four groups of twelve, matching the twenty-four divisions of priests. They cast lots, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the student (25:8). Skill mattered, but it did not create rank before God. In the New Testament, Paul tells believers to speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (Ephesians 5:19).
Show What You Know
Who set apart the musicians?
What did the music declare?
How many children did God give Heman?
What did the twenty-four groups match?
What does Paul tell believers in Ephesians 5:19?
Crossword
Across
- Under the hands of their father ____
- For the ____ of God’s house
Down
- With their ____ who were instructed in singing to Yahweh
- Of the sons of ____
- God gave to ____ fourteen sons and three daughters
Think About It
The musicians' songs spoke God's truth. How can the songs you sing remind you and others of what God is like?
Skill did not create rank before God. How can you use your talents without pride?
Memory Verse
“All these were under the hands of their father for song in Yahweh’s house, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of God’s house: Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.”
1 Chronicles 25:6 (WEB)
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Prayer
Dear God, thank You for music. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- How can your songs speak God's truth?
- How can you use your talents without pride?
- What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?
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