Hello, I am a rather unknown and unsung man of the Bible; yet my role was important and my name, in English, humorous. Therefore, once you know who I am, please do forget me.

I am a Kohathite and thus my Levitical duty was the care of the sanctuary (Numbers 3:28).

But why am I an “unsung” name? It is because all of you probably know my associate far better than you know me. My associate, Asaph, served at my right hand. We were chosen by David and placed “in charge of the music in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest there.” We “ministered with music before the tabernacle—the Tent of Meeting—until Solomon built the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem.”

I am, perhaps, living proof that God’s covenant works, because the LORD did not forget me, even though my Dad’s misconduct was one of the reasons why the Israelites wanted a king. His dubious honor is stated in this way:

But his (Grandpa Samuel’s) sons did not walk in his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice. So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to  Samuel at Ramah. They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint a king to lead us as the other nations have.” Thus Samuel was my granddad. Now I will be silent and you can tell my name and the name of my wicked Dad. 

I Samuel 8:1–5; I Chronicles 6:31–33.