And as they beheld the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were  ¹uneducated men and  ²laymen, they marveled and they recognized them, that they had been with Jesus.

And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against it.

But they ordered them to go away outside the  ¹Sanhedrin and conferred with one another,

Saying, What shall we do to these men? For that indeed a notable sign has occurred through them is manifest to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

But in order that this would not be spread further among the people, let us threaten them that they no longer speak based upon this name to anyone.

And when they called them, they charged them not to utter anything at all nor teach based upon the name of Jesus.

But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you judge;

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

And when they had further threatened them, they released them, finding no way that they could punish them on account of the people, because they all were glorifying God for what had happened;

For the man on whom this sign of healing had occurred was more than forty years old.

And when they had been released, they went to their  ¹own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

And when they heard this, they lifted up their voice with one accord to God and said,  ¹Sovereign Master, You are the One who has made heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them,

Who, through the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, has said, "Why did the Gentiles  ¹rage, and the peoples devise vain things?

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ.”

For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

To do what Your hand and Your counsel  ¹predestined to take place.

And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings and grant Your slaves to speak Your word with all boldness,

While stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may take place through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.

And when they had so besought, the place in which they were gathered was shaken, and they were all  ¹filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

Moreover David and the leaders of the army set apart for the service some of the sons of Asaph and  ¹Heman and Jeduthun to prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals. And the list of those who did the work according to their service was:

Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied under the king's direction.

Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah  ¹and Shimei and Hashabiah and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun with the lyre, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Jehovah.

Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth;

All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer, for  ¹exalting His power with the words of God; and God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

All these were under the direction of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God, Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the direction of the king.

And the number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Jehovah, all of whom were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.

And they cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the student.

Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, he and his brothers and his sons, twelve;

The third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

The fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

The fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

The sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

The seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

The eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

The ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

The tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

The eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

The twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

For the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

For the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

For the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

For the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

For the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

For the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

For the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

For the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

For the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

For the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

For the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

For the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.

For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.

And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third and Sacar the fourth and Nethanel the fifth,

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.

And to Shemaiah his son were sons born, who ruled over the house of their father, for they were mighty men of valor.

The sons of Shemaiah: Othni and Rephael and Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers, Elihu and Semachiah, were valiant men.

All these were among the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brothers, men of strength able for the service, sixty-two of Obed-edom.

And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen.

And Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for although he was not the firstborn, his father made him chief),

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.

To these divisions of the doorkeepers, the chief men, were given duties like those of their brothers, to minister in the house of Jehovah.

And they cast  ¹lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

And the lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a counselor with insight, they cast lots; and his lot went out for the north.

For Obed-edom it went out for the south; and for his sons it went out for the storehouse.

For Shuppim and Hosah it went out for the west, by the gate of Shallecheth on the ascending road. Guard corresponded to guard.

On the east: six Levites; on the north: four a day; on the south: four a day; and for the storehouse: two by two;

At the colonnade to the west: four at the road and two at the colonnade.

These were the divisions of the doorkeepers, from the sons of the Korahites and from the sons of Merari.

And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God and over the treasures of the dedicated gifts.

The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers' houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.

The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel his brother, who were over the treasures of the house of Jehovah.

Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites,

Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures.

And his brothers: From Eliezer came Rehabiah his son and Jeshaiah his son and Joram his son and Zichri his son and Shelomoth his son.

This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated gifts, which David the king and the heads of the fathers' houses, the captains over thousands and hundreds and the captains of the army, had dedicated;

Out of the spoil won in battles they dedicated these to repair the house of Jehovah.

And all that Samuel the seer and Saul the son of Kish and Abner the son of Ner and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated, and whoever had dedicated anything, was under the hand of Shelomoth and his brothers.

Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to the outward duties over Israel, as officers and judges.

Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan to the west for all the business of Jehovah, and for the service of the king.

Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was chief. (As for the Hebronites, in the fortieth year of David's reign a search was made according to their generations by fathers' houses, and among them mighty men of valor were found at Jazer-gilead.)

And his brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers' houses, whom King David made overseers over the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.