And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, [was] the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
Ver. 17. To begin the thanksgiving in prayer] To set tunes to psalms of praise, and to begin those tunes, as precentor, chief chanter.