1 Chronicles 15:16-17

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

Berechiah : son of Meshullam; a descendant of Jehoiachin, king of Judah,son of Shimea (Levi); father of Asaph, David's song leader,son of Asa; a Levite who led his clan back from exile,a Levite porter for the ark in David's time,son of Meshillemoth, a man of Ephraim in the time of Pekah 741 BC (YC),son of Meshezabel; father of Meshullam a wall repairman,son of Iddo; father of Zechariah the prophet

David : a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

Ethan : a wise man, an Ezrahite, in Solomons time,son of Zerah son of Judah; the father of Azariah,son of Zimmah, of Gershom of Levi; ancestor of Asaph; the father of Adaiah,son of Kishi (Merari Levi); a worship leader in David's time
(31° 22´, 35° 4´); (31° 22´, 35° 4´)

Joel : a son of Pethuel and a prophet to Judah,son of Samuel of Kohath son of Levi,head of a large influential family of Simeon in King Hezekiah's time,a powerful leader among the descendants of Reuben,a chief of the tribe of Gad,son of Azariah (Uzziah) of Kohath; one of the Levites that King Hezekiah assigned to supervise the cleansing of the temple,son of Izrahiah of Issachar,brother of Nathan; one of David's military elite,a Levitical chief of the descendants of Ladan under King David,son of Ladan and temple treasurer under King David,son of Pedaiah; David's chief officer over the tribe of Manasseh,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Nebo,a man who lived in Jerusalem in Nehemiah's time; son of Zichri,son of Pethuel; a prophet who wrote the book of Joel

Kushaiah : father of Ethan, a Levite responsible for some of the worship music under King David

Levites : relating to Levi and the priesthood given to him,a tribal name describing people and ceremonies as sacred

Merari : the clan of Merari of the tribe of Levi

1 Chronicles 20:4

Gezer : a town of Ephraim 25 km SE of Joppa & 12 km NW of Beth-Shemesh
(31° 52´, 34° 55´)

Hushathite : a resident of the town of Hushah

Philistines : a sea people coming from Crete in 1200BC to the coast of Canaan
(33° 33´, 35° 21´)

Sibbecai : a man who was one of David's military elite from Hushah

Sippai : a Philistine giant at Gezer slain by one of David's men

1 Chronicles 22:2

David : a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

Israel : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel