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25:3 From the sons <01121> of Jeduthun <03038>: Gedaliah <01436>, Zeri <06874>, Jeshaiah <03470>, Hashabiah <02811>, and Mattithiah <04993>– six <08337> in all, under <05921> supervision <03027> of their father <01> Jeduthun <03038>, who prophesied <05012> as he played a harp <03658>, giving thanks <03034> and praise <01984> to the Lord <03068>. 25:4 From the sons <01121> of Heman <01968>: Bukkiah <01232>, Mattaniah <04983>, Uzziel <05816>, Shebuel <07619>, Jerimoth <03406>, Hananiah <02608>, Hanani <02607>, Eliathah <0448>, Giddalti <01437>, Romamti-Ezer <07320>, Joshbekashah <03436>, Mallothi <04413>, Hothir <01956>, and Mahazioth <04238>. 25:5 All <03605> these <0428> were the sons <01121> of Heman <01968>, the king’s <04428> prophet <02374>. God <0430> had promised <01697> him these sons in order to make him prestigious <07161> <07311>. God <0430> gave <05414> Heman <01968> fourteen <06240> <0702> sons <01121> and three <07969> daughters <01323>. 25:6 All <03605> of these <0428> were under <05921> the supervision <03027> of their fathers <01>; they were musicians <07892> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, playing cymbals <04700> and stringed instruments <03658> <05035> as they served <05656> in God’s <0430> temple <01004>. Asaph <0623>, Jeduthun <03038>, and Heman <01968> were under <05921> the supervision <03027> of the king <04428>. 25:7 They and their relatives <0251>, all <03605> of them skilled <0995> and trained <03925> to make music <07892> to the Lord <03068>, numbered <04557> two hundred <03967> eighty-eight <08083> <08084>. 25:8 They cast <05307> lots <01486> to determine their responsibilities <04931>– oldest <01419> as well as youngest <06996>, teacher <0995> as well as student <08527>. 25:9 The first <07223> lot <01486> went <03318> to Asaph’s <0623> son Joseph <03130> and his relatives and sons– twelve in all, the second <08145> to Gedaliah <01436> and his relatives <0251> and sons <01121>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:10 the third <07992> to Zaccur <02139> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> <08147> in all, 25:11 the fourth <07243> to Izri <03339> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:12 the fifth <02549> to Nethaniah <05418> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:13 the sixth <08345> to Bukkiah <01232> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:14 the seventh <07637> to Jesharelah <03480> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> <08147> in all, 25:15 the eighth <08066> to Jeshaiah <03470> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:16 the ninth <08671> to Mattaniah <04983> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:17 the tenth <06224> to Shimei <08096> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> <08147> in all, 25:18 the eleventh <06240> <06249> to Azarel <05832> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:19 the twelfth <06240> to Hashabiah <02811> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:20 the thirteenth <06240> <07969> to Shubael <07619> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:21 the fourteenth <06240> <0702> to Mattithiah <04993> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:22 the fifteenth <06240> <02568> to Jerimoth <03406> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:23 the sixteenth <06240> <08337> to Hananiah <02608> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:24 the seventeenth <06240> <07651> to Joshbekashah <03436> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:25 the eighteenth <06240> <08083> to Hanani <02607> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:26 the nineteenth <06240> <08672> to Mallothi <04413> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:27 the twentieth <06242> to Eliathah <0448> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:28 the twenty-first <06242> <0259> to Hothir <01956> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:29 the twenty-second <06242> <08147> to Giddalti <01437> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:30 the twenty-third <06242> <07969> to Mahazioth <04238> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all, 25:31 the twenty-fourth <06242> <0702> to Romamti-Ezer <07320> and his sons <01121> and relatives <0251>– twelve <06240> in all.

• 1Ch 25:1-31 -- David Organizes the Musicians

• Asaph

  [isbe] ASAPH - a'-saf ('acaph): Is the name of three men in the Old Testament, of whom one is the reputed author of Psalms 50 and 73 through 83. He was one of David's three chief musicians, the other two being Heman, and Ethan or J...
  [nave] ASAPH 1. Father of Joah, 2 Kin. 18:18; Isa. 36:3, 22. 2. Son of Berachiah. One of the three leaders of music in David's organization of the tabernacle service, 1 Chr. 15:16-19; 16:5-7; 25:1-9; 2 Chr. 5:12; 35:15; Neh. 12:46...
  

• Music

  [ebd] Jubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen. 4:21). The Hebrews were much given to the cultivation of music. Their whole history and literature afford abundant evidence of this. After the Deluge, the first mention of ...
  [smith] The most ancient music. --The inventor of musical instruments, like the first poet and the first forger of metals, was a Cainite. We learn from (Genesis 4:21) that Jubal the son of Lamech was "the father of all such as handl...
  [nave] MUSIC Teachers of, 1 Chr. 15:22; 25:7, 8; 2 Chr. 23:13. Physical effect of, on people, 1 Sam. 16:15, 16, 23. Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices, 2 Chr. 29:27, 28. Precentor, Neh. 12:42. Chief musician, Neh. 12:...
  

• Church and State

  [nave] CHURCH AND STATE (Identical in the theocratic period. No particular Scripture can be cited, but the student is directed to the legislative, judicial, and administrative functions of Moses, Joshua, the Judges, and Samuel as s...
  

• PRIESTS AND LEVITES

  [isbe] PRIESTS AND LEVITES - (kohen, "priest"; nothing is definitely known as to the origin of the word; Lewi, "Levite," on which see LEVI): I. DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE HISTORY 1. The Old View 2. The Graf-Wellhausen View 3. Mediating...
  

• Chronicles, Books of

  [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
  

• David

  [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
  

• Worship

  [nave] WORSHIP, to be rendered to God only, Ex. 20:3; Deut. 5:7; 6:13; Matt. 4:10; Luke 4:8; Acts 10:26; 14:15; Col. 2:18; Rev. 19:10; 22:8. See: Homage. Of Jesus, See: Jesus, Worship of. Acceptable to God, Gen. 4:4; 8:21. Of th...
  

• KORAHITES; SONS OF KORAH

  [isbe] KORAHITES; SONS OF KORAH - ko'-ra-its (qorchi), (beno qorach; in the King James Version appears also as Korhite, Kohathite, Kore): This phrase is used to denote Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph, Korah's 3 individual sons (Ex 6...
  

• Mattaniah

  [ebd] gift of Jehovah. (1.) A Levite, son of Heman, the chief of the ninth class of temple singers (1 Chr. 25:4, 16). (2.) A Levite who assisted in purifying the temple at the reformation under Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:13). (3.) The or...
  [isbe] MATTANIAH - mat-a-ni'-a (mattanyaha, "gift of Yah"): (1) King Zedekiah's original name, but changed by Nebuchadnezzar when he made him king over Judah instead of his nephew Jehoiachin (2 Ki 24:17). (2) A descendant of Asaph ...
  [smith] (gift of Jehovah). The original name of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was changed when Nebuchadnezzar placed him on the throne. (2 Kings 24:17) A Levite singer of the sons of Asaph. (1 Chronicles 9:15) He was leader of...
  [nave] MATTANIAH 1. Original name of Zedekiah, king of Judah, 2 Kin. 24:17. See: Zedekiah. 2. A Levite of the sons of Asaph, 2 Chr. 20:14; Neh. 12:8. 3. Son of Heman, who had charge of the ninth division of musicians, 1 Chr. 25:...
  

• Mallothi

  [ebd] my fulness, a Kohathite Levite, one of the sons of Heman the Levite (1 Chr. 25:4), and chief of the nineteenth division of the temple musicians (26).
  [isbe] MALLOTHI - mal'-o-thi, ma-lo'-thi (mallothi, "my discourse"): Son of Heman, a Kohathite singer (1 Ch 6:33; 25:4). The song service in the house of the Lord was apportioned by David and the captains of the host to the 3 famil...
  [smith] (my fullness), a Kohathite, one of the fourteen sons of Heman the singer. (1 Chronicles 25:4,26)
  [nave] MALLOTHI, son of Heman, a singer, 1 Chr. 25:4, 26.
  

• Hananiah

  [ebd] Jehovah has given. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:24). (2.) One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4,23). (3.) One of Uzziah's military officers (2 Chr. 26:11). (4.) Grandfather of the captain who arrested Jere...
  [isbe] HANANIAH - han-a-ni'-a (chananyahu, chananyah; Ananias; also with aspirate, "Yahweh hath been gracious"): This was a common name in Israel for many centuries. (1) A Benjamite (1 Ch 8:24). (2) A captain of Uzziah's army (2 Ch...
  [smith] (gift of God). One of the fourteen sons of Heman, and chief of the sixteenth course of singers. (1 Chronicles 25:4,5,23) (B.C. 1014.) A general in the army of King Uzziah. (2 Chronicles 26:11) Father of Zedekiah, in th...
  [nave] HANANIAH 1. Son of Heman, 1 Chr. 25:4, 23. 2. A captain of Uzziah's army, 2 Chr. 26:11. 3. Father of Zedekiah, Jer. 36:12. 4. A prophet of Gibeon who uttered false prophecies in the temple during the reign of Zedekiah, Je...
  

• Jeshaiah

  [ebd] deliverance of Jehovah. (1.) A Kohathite Levite, the father of Joram, of the family of Eliezer (1 Chr. 26:25); called also Isshiah (24:21). (2.) One of the sons of Jeduthum (1 Chr. 25:3, 15). (3.) One of the three sons of Ha...
  [isbe] JESHAIAH - je-sha'-ya, je-shi'-a ((a) yesha`yahu; (b) yesha`yah, "deliverance of Yah"; (2) (3) below have form (a), the others form (b)): (1) Son of Hananiah, and grandson of Zerubbabel, according to 1 Ch 3:21, the King Jame...
  [smith] (salvation of Jehovah). One of the six sons of Jeduthun. (1 Chronicles 25:3,15) (B.C. 1014.) A Levite in the reign of David, eldest son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Amram through Moses. (1 Chronicles 26:25) [ISSHIAH] (...
  [nave] JESHAIAH 1 Chr. 25:3, 15; 26:25; Ezra 8:7, 19
  

• Hanani

  [ebd] God has gratified me, or is gracious. (1.) One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4, 25). (2.) A prophet who was sent to rebuke king Asa for entering into a league with Benhadad I., king of Syria, against Judah (2 Chr. 16:1-10)...
  [isbe] HANANI - ha-na'-ni (chanani, "gracious"): (1) A musician and son of Heman, David's seer, and head of one of the courses of the temple service (1 Ch 25:4,25). (2) A seer, the father of Jehu. He was cast into prison for his co...
  [smith] (gracious). One of the sons of Heman, and head of the eighteenth course of the service. (1 Chronicles 25:4,25) A seer who rebuked (B.C. 941) Asa king of Judah. (2 Chronicles 16:7) For this he was imprisoned. ver. 10 He...
  [nave] HANANI 1. Son of Heman, 1 Chr. 25:4, 25. 2. A prophet who rebuked Asa, king of Judah, 2 Chr. 16:7. 3. Father of Jehu the prophet, 1 Kin. 16:1, 7; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:34. Possibly identical with 2. 4. A priest, Ezra 10:20. 5...
  

• Mahazioth

  [ebd] visions, a Kohathite Levite, chief of the twenty-third course of musicians (1 Chr. 25:4, 30).
  [isbe] MAHAZIOTH - ma-ha'-iz-oth, ma-ha'-zi-oth (machazi'oth "visions"): One of the 14 sons of Heman the Kohathite in the temple choir. "He was leader of the 23rd course of musicians whose function was to blow the horns" (1 Ch 25:4...
  [smith] (visions). One of the fourteen sons of Heman the Kohathite. (1 Chronicles 25:4,30)
  [nave] MAHAZIOTH, son of Heman, 1 Chr. 25:4, 30.
  

• Shebuel

  [ebd] captive of God. (1.) One of the descendants of Gershom, who had charge of the temple treasures in the time of David (1 Chr. 23:16; 26:24). (2.) One of the sons of Heman; one of those whose duty it was to "lift up the horn" i...
  [isbe] SHEBUEL - she-bu'-el, sheb'-u-el (shebhu'el; Soubael): (1) A son of Gershom and grandson of Moses (1 Ch 23:16). He was "ruler over the treasures" (1 Ch 26:24). In 1 Ch 24:20 he is called "Shubael," which is probably the orig...
  [nave] SHEBUEL 1. Son of Gershom, 1 Chr. 23:16; 26:24. Called Shubael, 1 Chr. 24:20. 2. A singer, son of Heman, 1 Chr. 25:4. Called Shubael, 1 Chr. 25:20.
  

• Eliathah

  [ebd] to whom God will come, one of the foureen sons of the Levite Heman, and musician of the temple in the time of David (1 Chr. 25:4).
  [isbe] ELIATHAH - e-li'-a-tha ('eli'-athah, "God has come"): A Hemanite, head of the twentieth division of the temple musicians (1 Ch 25:4,27).
  [smith] (to whom God comes), a musician in the temple in the time of King David. (1 Chronicles 25:4,27)
  [nave] ELIATHAH, a musician, 1 Chr. 25:4, 27.
  

• Hothir

  [isbe] HOTHIR - ho'-thir (hothir, "abundance"): Mentioned in 1 Ch 25:4,28 among the sons of Heman, and one of those set apart by David for the musical service of the house of God (compare 25:6).
  [smith] (fullness),the thirteenth son of Heman, "the king?s seer," (1 Chronicles 25:4,28) and therefore a Kohathite Levite. (B.C. 1014.)
  [nave] HOTHIR, son of Heman, 1 Chr. 25:4, 28.
  

• Gedaliah

  [ebd] made great by Jehovah. (1.) the son of Jeduthum (1 Chr. 25:3, 9). (2.) The grandfather of the prophet Zephaniah, and the father of Cushi (Zeph. 1:1). (3.) One of the Jewish nobles who conspired against Jeremiah (Jer. 38:1). ...
  [isbe] GEDALIAH - ged-a-li'-a (gedhalyah; except in 1 Ch 25:3,9 and Jer 38:1, where it is gedhalyahu, "Yah(u) is great"): (1) Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam (the friend and protector of Jeremiah) and grandson of Shaphan (the scribe in...
  [nave] GEDALIAH 1. Governor appointed by Nebuchadnezzar after carrying the Jews into captivity, 2 Kin. 25:22-24. Jeremiah committed to the care of, Jer. 39:14; 40:5, 6. Warned of the conspiracy of Ishmael by Johanan, and the capt...
  

• Hashabiah

  [ebd] regarded by Jehovah. (1.) Merarite Levite (1 Chr. 6:45; 9:14). (2.) A son of Jeduthun (25:3, 19). (3.) Son of Kemuel (26:30). (4.) One of the chief Levites (2 Chr. 35:9). (5.) A Levite (Neh. 11:22). (6.) One of the chief pri...
  [isbe] HASHABIAH - hash-a-bi'-a (chashabhyah): (1) Two Levites of the family of Merari (1 Ch 6:45; 9:14). (2) A Levite who dwelt in Jerusalem at the time of Nehemiah (Neh 11:15). (3) A son of Jeduthun (1 Ch 25:3). (4) A Hebronite, ...
  [smith] (whom God regards). A Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 6:45) Another Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 9:14) The fourth of the six sons of Jeduthun, (1 Chronicles 25:3) who had charge of the twelfth course. ver. 19. (B.C...
  [nave] HASHABIAH 1. Son of Amaziah, a Levite, 1 Chr. 6:45. 2. Son of Jeduthun, a Levite, 1 Chr. 25:3, 19. 3. Son of Kemuel, 1 Chr. 26:30; 27:17. 4. A chief Levite, 2 Chr. 35:9. 5. Son of Bui, 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15. 6. Son of...
  

• Bukkiah

  [isbe] BUKKIAH - buk-i'-a (buqqiyahu, "proved of God"): A Levite, son of Heman (1 Ch 25:4,13). See BAKBUKIAH.
  [smith] (wasting from Jehovah), a Kohathite Levite, of the sons of Heman, one of the musicians in the temple. (1 Chronicles 25:4,13)
  [nave] BUKKIAH, a Levite, 1 Chr. 25:4, 13.
  

• The Singers

  

• What Precedent Does the Scripture Furnish for Solos, Duets and Choir Singing in Church?
  In I Cor. 14:26, Paul, referring to the forms of worship of the Corinthian church, wrote: "When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, etc" This verse, especially when read in connection with verse 15, "I will sing ...

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