First Chronicles 25:22 is a line from a list that assigns temple musicians to their duties in rotation, and it names the fifteenth group, led by a man named Jeremoth along with his sons and brothers, twelve men in all. The verse tells us that this family was chosen for a regular place in the worship of Israel, giving steady service rather than occasional help. The words come from the narrator of 1 Chronicles, who records David’s organization of the Levitical singers and musicians for the house of the LORD.
For the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve…
1 Chronicles 25:22 (WEB)
What 1 Chronicles 25:22 Means
The verse is a numbered entry in a schedule. The phrase “for the fifteenth” refers to the fifteenth turn in a cycle of twenty-four service groups, so each group served for a set period and then handed its duties to the next. “To Jeremoth” names the leader of that group, and the phrase “his sons and his brothers, twelve” tells us that the group numbered twelve people, drawn from one extended family. Read plainly, it says that this family had been given their assigned week in the temple worship.
What the verse does not do is describe the worship itself or promise anything to the men in it. It contains no command, no prayer and no statement about God’s favor. Its value lies in what it shows: a community of ordinary, named people who were trusted with an ongoing duty, and whose names were kept in the sacred record.
The Context of 1 Chronicles 25:22
First Chronicles is a history book, traditionally attributed to Ezra, written for returning exiles in Jerusalem who needed to understand their identity as God’s people. It retells the story from Adam to the reign of David, and chapters 23 through 26 focus on how David arranged the Levites for worship, gatekeeping and temple service. Its first readers were people rebuilding the temple community after exile, so careful records of who served and how were a way of affirming that worship had continuity.
The verses just before and after (verses 19 through 25) follow the same pattern, listing the twelfth through the eighteenth groups, each with “his sons and his brothers, twelve.” Seeing the verse in that run makes clear that it is one link in a chain. Its meaning is not a standalone sentiment but part of a deliberate, orderly system of service that the chronicler wants his readers to see as faithful and complete.
Key Phrases in 1 Chronicles 25:22
1 Corinthians 12:7
But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.
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Paul writes that each person receives a manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. Like the temple singers assigned to their turn, every believer has a place in the body, and the verse helps us see that ordinary service has a purpose within a larger shared work.
Colossians 3:23
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men…
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Paul encourages believers to do their work heartily, as for the Lord and not for people. That attitude fits the quiet, repeated duties of the Levitical families, whose faithfulness in rotation was offered to God rather than to human praise.
A Short Prayer From 1 Chronicles 25:22
Lord, thank you for the many people who serve you quietly, week after week, whose names may never be spoken in public. Help me to take up my own assigned work with steadiness and care, whether it is seen or hidden. Teach me to work together with the people you have placed beside me, sharing the load with patience and fairness. Let my faithfulness, however small, be an offering to you. Amen.
