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Asaph was the leader. Zechariah was directly under him.
    Jeiel,[a] Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed Edom, and Jeiel were to play music on harps and lyres.
    Asaph was sounding the cymbals.
Benaiah and Jahaziel, the priests with trumpets, were to be continually before the Ark of the Covenant of God.

The Psalm of Thanks[b]

On that day David first gave the directive to give thanks to the Lord through the ministry of Asaph and his associates:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 16:5 This seems to be the same person as Ja’aziel in 15:18.
  2. 1 Chronicles 16:7 This psalm is very similar to parts of Psalms 105:1-15; 96:1-13; and 106:47-48 (in that order). The translation here is independent. The variants from the psalms are not footnoted.