The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
The lot naming the seventeenth course belongs to David's final work of perfecting the organization of priests, Levites, civil officers, and the army in preparation for Solomon's reign. For the service of song he set apart four thousand temple musicians and divided them into twenty-four courses. Each course was made up of twelve men especially instructed and skillful in the use of musical instruments. Joshbekashah stood at the head of the seventeenth twelve, which was composed of himself together with his sons and his brethren. The whole arrangement was a studied and deliberate plan of assigning special duties to the men best fitted for them, so that every worker knew his place and his work.
The lot naming the seventeenth course belongs to David's final work of perfecting the organization of priests, Levites, civil officers, and the army in preparation for Solomon's reign. For the service of song he set apart four thousand temple musicians and divided them into twenty-four courses. Each course was made up of twelve men especially instructed and skillful in the use of musical instruments. Joshbekashah stood at the head of the seventeenth twelve, which was composed of himself together with his sons and his brethren. The whole arrangement was a studied and deliberate plan of assigning special duties to the men best fitted for them, so that every worker knew his place and his work.