David made Solomon king, though from the machinations that are recorded in 1 Kings it seems that this was not made public. He also assigned priestly work for the temple. We then get a long list of names. The point that the writer is stressing is the continuation of the Levitical priesthood for ministering in the temple.
Chpater 24 gives us even more lists of priests.
In chapter 25 we come to the musicians. That this was also linked with the ministry of prophesying. There are two factors here that are relevant today. One is that music and prophecy are found together in the Bible. Elisha sometimes had a musician when he prophesied. There is also the fact that prophesy is a lot wider than what we traditionally think of as prophesy (eg the Isaiah's and Jeremiah's). In the current debates about cessationism the cessationists seem determined that all prophecy must be "high level prophecy", ie Canonical level. The Biblical evidence does not seem to support this view.
In Psalms we see a number of them attributed to the Asaph (eg Psalms 73-83).
Chapter 26 continues the lists with gatekeepers, treasurers and other officials.
Chapter 27 goes on to army divisions, tribal leaders and overseers.
It will be apparent that I do not find these chapters that inspiring, but that is my shortcoming. However, one thing that we can learn is that God is aware of all that we do in the kingdom, whether the role is prominent or not. Jesus said that anyone who gives so much as a cup of water will be rewarded.
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