Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to play the lyres according to the <i>sheminithi> style,<n id="1" /> as led by<n id="2" /> the director;

along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah,<n id="1" /> Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.p>

<p class="bodytext">From the sons of Jeduthun:<n id="1" /> Gedaliah, Zeri,<n id="2" /> Jeshaiah,<n id="3" /> Hashabiah, and Mattithiah &#8211; six in all,<n id="4" /> under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the <sc>Lordsc>.p>