1Ch 25:7-31 - Commentary

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Text -- 1 Chronicles 25:7-31 (NET)

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25:7 They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the Lord, numbered two hundred eighty-eight. 25:8 They cast lots to determine their responsibilities– oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student. 25:9 The first lot went to Asaph’s son Joseph and his relatives and sons– twelve in all, the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons– twelve in all, 25:10 the third to Zaccur and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:11 the fourth to Izri and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:12 the fifth to Nethaniah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:13 the sixth to Bukkiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:14 the seventh to Jesharelah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:15 the eighth to Jeshaiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:16 the ninth to Mattaniah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:17 the tenth to Shimei and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:18 the eleventh to Azarel and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:19 the twelfth to Hashabiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:20 the thirteenth to Shubael and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:21 the fourteenth to Mattithiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:22 the fifteenth to Jerimoth and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:23 the sixteenth to Hananiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:24 the seventeenth to Joshbekashah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:25 the eighteenth to Hanani and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:26 the nineteenth to Mallothi and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:27 the twentieth to Eliathah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:28 the twenty-first to Hothir and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:29 the twenty-second to Giddalti and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:30 the twenty-third to Mahazioth and his sons and relatives– twelve in all, 25:31 the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer and his sons and relatives– twelve in all.

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Names, People and Places:

· Asaph father of Joah, Hezekiah's recorder,son of Berechiah the Levite; music minister under David,father of Zichri; a Levite ancestor of some returnees,an official over the (Persian) king's forest in Judah

· Azarel a man of Benjamin who defected to David at Ziklag,chief of the 11th division of singers under David,son of Jeroham; chief of the tribe of Dan under David,an Israelite (Binnui) who put away his heathen wife,son of Ahzai; a returned exile priest musician

· Bukkiah son of Heman (Levi); worship leader under Heman and King David

· Eliathah son of Heman the Levite worship leader for Heman and King David

· Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan,son of Jeduthun (Levi); worship leader under Jeduthun and David,a priest of the Jeshua clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Amariah (Hezekiah); grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet,son of Pashhur; a prince under King Zedekiah

· Giddalti son of Heman the Levite; worship leader under Heman and David

· Hanani son of Heman the Levite; worship leader under Heman and David,a prophet in the time of Asa King of Judah; father of Jehu,a priest of the Immer clan who put away his heathen wife,a man related to Nehemiah who was an administrator in Jerusalem; brother of Nehemiah,a Levite musician who helped Zechariah dedicate Nehemiah's wall

· Hananiah son of Heman the Levite; worship leader under Heman and David,a man who was one of King Uzziah's commanders,son of Azzur; a false prophet of Zedekiah's from Gibeon,father of Zedekiah, a prince of Judah in the time of Jehoiakim,grandfather of Irijah the sentry who falsely accused Jeremiah; the father of Shelemiah,son of Shashak of Benjamin,a man of Judah who served Nebuchadnezzar with Daniel in Babylon,son of Zerubbabel,a layman of the Bebai clan who put away his heathen wife,a man who made perfume and helped rebuild the wall of Jerusalem; son of Shelemiah,governor of the castle and over Jerusalem under Nehemiah,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to keep God's law,a priest and head of the clan of Jeremiah under Joiakim

· Hashabiah son of Amaziah of Levi; father of Malluch,a Merari Levite whose descendants returned from exile,son of Jeduthun the Levite leader under Jeduthun and King David,overseer of King David's work west of the Jordan River,son of Kemuel; David's chief officer over the Levites,a chief officer of the house of God in Josiah's time,a Levite descendant of Merari who led recruits to Ezra,a layman of the Parosh clan who put away his heathen wife,ruler of Keilah who helped repair the walls of Jerusalem,son of Henadad, a Levite who contracted to obey God's law,son of Bunni of Levi,son of Mattaniah of Asaph of Levi,priest and head of the house of Hilkiah,a chief of the Levites in Nehemiah's time

· Hothir son of Heman the Levite worship leader under Heman and David

· Izri head of a division of Levite musicians in King David's time

· Jeremoth son of Beriah of Benjamin,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Elam,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Zattu,son of Becher son of Benjamin,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Bani,a Levitical chief of the descendants of Mushi son of Merari, under King David,leader of the 15th division of Levites in David's time,son of Azriel; David's chief officer over the tribe of Naphtali

· Jeshaiah son of Hananiah, a descendant of King Jehoiachin,son of Jeduthun the Levite and worship leader under Jeduthun and King David,son of Rehabiah; a Levitical chief treasurer whose descendants returned from exile,son of Athaliah; head of a family group descended from Elam who returned from exile,a Levite of Merari who led recruits to Ezra,a man of Benjamin; ancestor of Sallu, who lived in Jerusalem in Nehemiah's time

· Jesharelah son of Asaph; a Levite worship leader in the time of King David

· Joseph the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah

· Joshbekashah son of Heman the Levite and worship leader under Heman and King David

· Mahazi-Oth son of Heman the Levite and worship leader under Heman & David

· Mallothi son of Heman the Levite and worship leader under Heman & David

· Mattaniah son and secondary successor of King Josiah,son of Mica/Micaiah; a Levite of Asaph,son of Heman the Levite and worship leader under Heman & David,an Asaph Levite supervisor of temple restoration of Hezekiah's,a layman of the Elam Clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Zattu Clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Pahath-Moab Clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Bani Clan who put away his heathen wife,ancestor of Hanan, assistant treasurer under Nehemiah

· Mattithiah son of Shallum (Korah Levi) when exiles were returning,a Levite worship leader in David's time,son of Jeduthun the Levite worship leader under King David,a layman of the Nebo Clan who put away his heathen wife,a man who stood with Ezra when he read the law to the assembly

· Nethaniah father of Ishmael who killed Gedaliah; son of Elishama,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph & David,a Levite King Jehoshaphat sent to teach the law around Judah,son of Shelemiah; father of Jehudi in the days of Jehoiakim

· Romamti-ezer son of Heman the Levite worship leader under Heman and David

· Romamti-Ezer son of Heman the Levite worship leader under Heman and David

· Shime-i son of Gershon/Gershom son of Levi,the son of Gera of Benjamin,son of Jesse (Judah); father of Jonathan who killed a giant,a man who was a friend of kings David and Solomon,son of Ela, Moses' land distribution deputy for Benjamin,son of Pedaiah son of King Jehoiachin,son of Zaccur of Simeon,son of Gog of Reuben,son of Libni of Merari of Levi,the head of a clan of Benjamin; son of Elpaal?,a man who was a descendant of Ladan/Libni son of Levi (WZ),son of Jeduthun (Levi); worship leader under Jeduthun and David,a man of Ramoth; David's supervisor of vineyards,son of Heman (David's seer) of Samuel of Kohath of Levi,an officer of the temple store house under King Hezekiah,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Hashum Clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Binnui Clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Kish; founding father of the clan of Shime-i of Benjamin

· Shubael the elder son of Gershom (Moses Amram Kohath Levi),the head of the 13th class of singers

· Zaccur father of Shammua, the Reubenite who spied in Canaan,son of Hammuel of the tribe of Simeon,a Levite of the clan of Merari,son of Asaph (Shimei Gershom Levi),a leader among the Bigvai Clan who returned from exile,son of Imri; one who helped rebuild the wall of Jerusalem,son of Henadad, a Levite who contracted to obey the law,son of Mattaniah; father of Hanan, assistant treasurer

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NET Notes: 1Ch 25:7 Heb “and their number with their brothers, trained in music to the Lord, all skilled, was 288.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 25:8 Heb “and they cast lots [for] service, just as like small, like great, teacher with student.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 25:9 Heb “The first lot went to Asaph, to Joseph.” Apparently the recurring formula, “and his sons and his relatives, twelve” has b...

NET Notes: 1Ch 25:11 “Izri” is a variant of the name “Zeri” (cf. 25:3).

NET Notes: 1Ch 25:14 “Jesharelah” is a variant of the name “Asarelah” (cf. 25:2).

NET Notes: 1Ch 25:18 “Azarel” is a variant of the name “Uzziel” (cf. 25:4).

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