1 Chronicles 15:16-22

¹⁶ Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers , with instruments of music , harps , lyres , loud-sounding cymbals , to raise sounds of joy . ¹⁷ So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel , and from his relatives , Asaph the son of Berechiah ; and from the sons of Merari their relatives , Ethan the son of Kushaiah , ¹⁸ and with them their relatives of the second rank , Zechariah , Ben , Jaaziel , Shemiramoth , Jehiel , Unni , Eliab , Benaiah , Maaseiah , Mattithiah , Eliphelehu , Mikneiah , Obed-edom and Jeiel , the gatekeepers . ¹⁹ So the singers , Heman , Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze ; ²⁰ and Zechariah , Aziel , Shemiramoth , Jehiel , Unni , Eliab , Maaseiah and Benaiah , with harps tuned to alamoth ; ²¹ and Mattithiah , Eliphelehu , Mikneiah , Obed-edom , Jeiel and Azaziah , to lead with lyres tuned to the sheminith . ²² Chenaniah , chief of the Levites , was in charge of the singing ; he gave instruction in singing because he was skillful .