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Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

25:2 which prophesied. Note also I Chronicles 25:3, with reference to the sons of Jeduthun; and I Chronicles 25:5, which speaks of “the sons of Heman the king’s seer.” It appears that all these specially chosen temple musicians were also “prophets,” a term which typically implies that, at least on occasion, they were able to receive and transmit inspired revelations from God. Thus prophecy could, at that time, be in the form of musically accompanied words as well as spoken or written words.


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