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Chronicles Chapter Twenty-five
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 25
This
chapter relates the appointment of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, to
be singers in the temple, 1 Chronicles 25:1
the distribution of them by lot into twenty four classes, twelve in each class,
1 Chronicles 25:8.
1 Chronicles
25:1 Moreover David
and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons
of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps,
stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing
their service was:
YLT
1And David and the heads of
the host separate for service, of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun,
who are prophesying with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals, and the
number of the workmen is according to their service.
Moreover, David and the captains of the host separated to the
service,.... Of singing the praises of God; this was done by the princes
of the people, and the chief of the priests, who were gathered together, and
before whom the lots were cast, both for priests and Levites, and now here for
the singers, see 1 Chronicles 22:2
and those that were separated were
of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun; or Ethan, the
three precentors, or chief of the singers:
who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals; sing psalms,
hymns, and spiritual songs, endited by the Holy Spirit of God; which contained
in them prophecies concerning things to come, particularly relating to the
Messiah, of which there are many in the book of Psalms; and to the tunes of
these they played on the above instruments of music:
and the number of the workmen, according to their service, was; as follows.
1 Chronicles
25:2 2 Of
the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah;[a] the sons
of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied according to
the order of the king.
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2Of sons of Asaph: Zaccur,
and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, [are] by the side of
Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king.
Of the sons of Asaph,.... Who were separated,
and by lot appointed, to the service of singers in the temple:
Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah; called
Jesharelah, 1 Chronicles 25:14,
these had the third fourth, fifth, and seventh lots, 1 Chronicles 25:9,
under the hands of Asaph; under his instruction
and authority:
which prophesied according to the order of the king; which Asaph
composed psalms under the inspiration of the Spirit of God, and was ordered by
King David to sing them, and by whose command they were inserted in the book of
Psalms, where they now stand with his name to them.
1 Chronicles
25:3 3 Of
Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri,[b] Jeshaiah, Shimei,
Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six,[c] under the
direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks
and to praise the Lord.
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3Of Jeduthun: sons of
Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah,
Shisshah, [are] by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is
prophesying, for giving of thanks and of praise to Jehovah.
Of Jeduthun,.... Or Ethan, the sons of Jeduthun:
Gedaliah and Zeri; called Izri, 1 Chronicles 25:11,
and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six; whereas five
only are mentioned; it may be thought that Shimei, 1 Chronicles 25:17
is the sixth, he not being mentioned elsewhere; it is a tradition of the Jews,
that his mother was now with child of him, and it being foreseen by the Holy Spirit
that he would be the chief of a course, the number six is given, as Jarchi
observes; but rather, as Kimchi, he was young, and not fit to sing, yet was
chosen the head of a course, until he was grown up and fit for it; to these six
came up the second, fourth, eighth, twelfth, fourteenth, and tenth lots, 1 Chronicles 25:9
and these
were under the
hands of their father Jeduthun; to instruct and direct them, and appoint
their service to them:
who prophesied with a harp; or sung a prophetic
psalm or hymn on that:
to give thanks, and to praise the Lord; for what he
had done and promised, and foretold he would do for his people.
1 Chronicles
25:4 4 Of
Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel,[d] Shebuel,[e] Jerimoth,[f] Hananiah,
Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and
Mahazioth.
YLT
4Of Heman: sons of Heman:
Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah,
Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth;
Of Heman: the sons of Heman,.... The third chief
singer:
Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel; the same with Azareel, 1 Chronicles 25:18.
Shebuel; called Shubael, 1 Chronicles 25:20.
and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and
Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth; in all
fourteen, to whom came the sixth, ninth, eleventh, fifteenth, sixteenth,
eighteenth, twentieth, twenty second, twenty fourth, seventeenth, nineteenth,
twentieth, and twenty third lots, 1 Chronicles 25:13.
1 Chronicles
25:5 5 All
these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to
exalt his horn.[g] For God
gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
YLT
5all these [are] sons of
Heman -- seer of the king in the things of God -- to lift up a horn; and God
giveth to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer,.... The
prophet of the king, as the Targum, who was frequently with him, assisting him
in the words of God: in divine things:
to lift up the horn; to blow with the
hornpipe or trumpet, and to magnify and set forth the greatness of the kingdom
of Israel, and especially of the King Messiah, the horn of salvation, that
would be raised up in the house of David:
and God gave to Heman fourteen sons; whose names are before
mentioned:
and three daughters; of whom we have no more
account, only may observe, that both are the gifts of God, and an heritage from
him, Psalm 127:3.
1 Chronicles 25:6 6 All these were
under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the Lord, with cymbals,
stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God. Asaph,
Jeduthun, and Heman were under the authority of the king.
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6All these [are] by the side
of their father in the song of the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries,
and harps, for the service of the house of God; by the side of the king [are]
Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman.
All these were under the hands of their father, for song in the
house of the Lord,.... Instructed and directed by him in the performance of the
service in the temple:
with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house
of God; which were the three principal instruments of music used in the
temple service:
according to the king's order, to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman; who ordered
and directed them what to sing, what tunes to make use of, and what instruments
to play upon to those tunes.
1 Chronicles 25:7 7 So the number of them,
with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the Lord, all who were
skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
YLT
7And their number, with
their brethren -- taught in the song of Jehovah, all who are intelligent -- is
two hundred, eighty and eight.
So the number of them, with their brethren,.... Who each
of them had twelve with them, as after reckoned:
that were instructed in the songs of the Lord; taught how to
sing them:
even all that were
cunning; expert and well skilled in the science of singing:
was two hundred and eighty eight; for there being twenty
four classes answerable to those of the priests, and twelve in each class,
twelve times twenty four makes two hundred and eighty eight.
1 Chronicles 25:8 8 And they cast lots for
their duty, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the student.
YLT
8And they cause to fall lots
-- charge over-against [charge], as well the small as the great, the
intelligent with the learner.
And they cast lots, ward against ward,.... That is,
which ward or course of the singers should answer to and attend on the first
ward or course of the priests in their weekly service, and which the second,
and so on:
as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar; no regard was
had to the age of a person, his being the firstborn or a younger brother, or to
his office and station, whether as a teacher or a learner in the science of
singing; he was made the head of a course, as the lot came up; and it may
easily be observed, by comparing the lots in the following verses with the sons
of the chief singers, according to the order of them in 1 Chronicles 25:2
that the younger are often preferred in the courses by lot to the elder, of
which even the first lot is an instance.
1 Chronicles 25:9 9 Now the first lot for
Asaph came out for Joseph; the second for Gedaliah, him with his brethren and
sons, twelve;
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9And the first lot goeth out
for Asaph to Joseph; [to] Gedaliah the second; he, and his brethren and his
sons, twelve;
Verses 9-31
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph,.... His
second son to the preference of the firstborn, 1 Chronicles 25:2,
the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: and which
must also be understood of Joseph, and supplied to him; for those being both in
one verse, as Jarchi observes, it is but once mentioned, but must be supplied,
or otherwise the number of two hundred and eighty eight could not be made up;
the same is observed of all the other lots and courses to the end of the
chapter as here, and therefore need no more remarks.
1 Chronicles 25:10 10 the third for Zaccur, his
sons and his brethren, twelve;
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10the third [to] Zaccur, his
sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:11 11 the fourth for Jizri,[h] his sons
and his brethren, twelve;
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11the fourth to Izri, his
sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:12 12 the fifth for Nethaniah,
his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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12the fifth [to] Nethaniah,
his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:13 13 the sixth for Bukkiah, his
sons and his brethren, twelve;
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13the sixth [to] Bukkiah, his
sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:14 14 the seventh for
Jesharelah,[i] his sons
and his brethren, twelve;
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14the seventh [to]
Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:15 15 the eighth for Jeshaiah, his
sons and his brethren, twelve;
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15the eighth [to] Jeshaiah,
his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:16 16 the ninth for Mattaniah,
his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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16the ninth [to] Mattaniah,
his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:17 17 the tenth for Shimei, his
sons and his brethren, twelve;
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17the tenth [to] Shimei, his
sons and his brethren, twelve:
1 Chronicles 25:18 18 the eleventh for Azarel,[j] his sons
and his brethren, twelve;
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18eleventh [to] Azareel, his
sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:19 19 the twelfth for Hashabiah,
his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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19the twelfth [to] Hashabiah,
his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:20 20 the thirteenth for
Shubael,[k] his sons
and his brethren, twelve;
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20at the thirteenth [to]
Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:21 21 the fourteenth for
Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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21at the fourteenth [to]
Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:22 22 the fifteenth for
Jeremoth,[l] his sons
and his brethren, twelve;
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22at the fifteenth [to]
Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:23 23 the sixteenth for
Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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23at the sixteenth [to]
Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:24 24 the seventeenth for
Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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24at the seventeenth [to]
Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:25 25 the eighteenth for Hanani,
his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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25at the eighteenth [to]
Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:26 26 the nineteenth for
Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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26at the nineteenth [to]
Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:27 27 the twentieth for
Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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27at the twentieth [to]
Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:28 28 the twenty-first for
Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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28at the one and twentieth
[to] Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:29 29 the twenty-second for
Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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29at the two and twentieth
[to] Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:30 30 the twenty-third for
Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
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30at the three and twentieth
[to] Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:31 31 the twenty-fourth for
Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
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31at the four and twentieth
[to] Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
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