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1Ch 6:31 Strong Concordance And these are they whom David [01732] set [05975] over the service [03027] of song [07892] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], after that the ark [0727] had rest [04494].
  King James And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The genealogies of David's three chief singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan or Jeduthun.

Ch1 6:32

They waited on their office - On the establishment and continuance of the choral service in the temple, see Ch2 5:12, Ch2 29:27-30; Ch2 35:15.

Ch1 6:33

Heman - In general Asaph takes precedence of Heman and Jeduthun, but here Heman is placed first, because his family, that of the Kohathites, had the highest priestly rank, being the family which furnished the high priests (see Ch1 6:2-15).

Shemuel - i. e. "Samuel." Our translators have here given the Hebrew, while elsewhere they give uniformlv the Greek, form of the name. We learn by this genealogy that Heman was Samuel's grandson.

Ch1 6:39

His brother Asaph - Not "brother" in the ordinary sense of the term, since Asaph was the son of Berachiah, and a Gershonite, not a Kohathite. "Brother" here may mean "fellow-craftsman" (compare Ch1 25:7).

Ch1 6:44

Ethan - Or Jeduthun (see the margin). Corruption will scarcely account for the two forms of the name, since Ethan is used persistently up to a certain point Ch1 15:19, after which we have uniformly "Jeduthun." The case seems to be rather one in which a new name was taken after a while, which thenceforth superseded the old. Compare Abraham, Sarah, Joshua, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, etc.
 
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19 So the singers [07891], Heman [01968], Asaph [0623], and Ethan [0387], were appointed to sound [08085] with cymbals [04700] of brass [05178];
44 And their brethren [0251] the sons [01121] of Merari [04847] stood on the left hand [08040]: Ethan [0387] the son [01121] of Kishi [07029], the son [01121] of Abdi [05660], the son [01121] of Malluch [04409],
7 So the number [04557] of them, with their brethren [0251] that were instructed [03925] in the songs [07892] of the LORD [03068], even all that were cunning [0995], was two hundred [03967] fourscore [08084] and eight [08083].
39 And his brother [0251] Asaph [0623], who stood [05975] on his right hand [03225], even Asaph [0623] the son [01121] of Berachiah [01296], the son [01121] of Shimea [08092],
2 And the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955]; Amram [06019], Izhar [03324], and Hebron [02275], and Uzziel [05816].
3 And the children [01121] of Amram [06019]; Aaron [0175], and Moses [04872], and Miriam [04813]. The sons [01121] also of Aaron [0175]; Nadab [05070], and Abihu [030], Eleazar [0499], and Ithamar [0385].
4 Eleazar [0499] begat [03205] Phinehas [06372], Phinehas [06372] begat [03205] Abishua [050],
5 And Abishua [050] begat [03205] Bukki [01231], and Bukki [01231] begat [03205] Uzzi [05813],
6 And Uzzi [05813] begat [03205] Zerahiah [02228], and Zerahiah [02228] begat [03205] Meraioth [04812],
7 Meraioth [04812] begat [03205] Amariah [0568], and Amariah [0568] begat [03205] Ahitub [0285],
8 And Ahitub [0285] begat [03205] Zadok [06659], and Zadok [06659] begat [03205] Ahimaaz [0290],
9 And Ahimaaz [0290] begat [03205] Azariah [05838], and Azariah [05838] begat [03205] Johanan [03110],
10 And Johanan [03110] begat [03205] Azariah [05838], (he it is that executed the priest's office [03547] in the temple [01004] that Solomon [08010] built [01129] in Jerusalem [03389]:)
11 And Azariah [05838] begat [03205] Amariah [0568], and Amariah [0568] begat [03205] Ahitub [0285],
12 And Ahitub [0285] begat [03205] Zadok [06659], and Zadok [06659] begat [03205] Shallum [07967],
13 And Shallum [07967] begat [03205] Hilkiah [02518], and Hilkiah [02518] begat [03205] Azariah [05838],
14 And Azariah [05838] begat [03205] Seraiah [08304], and Seraiah [08304] begat [03205] Jehozadak [03087],
15 And Jehozadak [03087] went [01980] into captivity, when the LORD [03068] carried away [01540] Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389] by the hand [03027] of Nebuchadnezzar [05019].
33 And these are they that waited [05975] with their children [01121]. Of the sons [01121] of the Kohathites [06956]: Heman [01968] a singer [07891], the son [01121] of Joel [03100], the son [01121] of Shemuel [08050],
15 And the singers [07891] the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623] were in their place [04612], according to the commandment [04687] of David [01732], and Asaph [0623], and Heman [01968], and Jeduthun [03038] the king's [04428] seer [02374]; and the porters [07778] waited at every gate [08179]; they might not depart [05493] from their service [05656]; for their brethren [0251] the Levites [03881] prepared [03559] for them.
27 And Hezekiah [02396] commanded [0559] to offer [05927] the burnt offering [05930] upon the altar [04196]. And when [06256] the burnt offering [05930] began [02490], the song [07892] of the LORD [03068] began [02490] also with the trumpets [02689], and with the instruments [03627] ordained by [03027] David [01732] king [04428] of Israel [03478].
28 And all the congregation [06951] worshipped [07812], and the singers [07892] sang [07891], and the trumpeters [02689] sounded [02690] [02690]: and all this continued until the burnt offering [05930] was finished [03615].
29 And when they had made an end [03615] of offering [05927], the king [04428] and all that were present [04672] with him bowed [03766] themselves, and worshipped [07812].
30 Moreover Hezekiah [03169] the king [04428] and the princes [08269] commanded [0559] the Levites [03881] to sing praise [01984] unto the LORD [03068] with the words [01697] of David [01732], and of Asaph [0623] the seer [02374]. And they sang praises [01984] with gladness [08057], and they bowed their heads [06915] and worshipped [07812].
12 Also the Levites [03881] which were the singers [07891], all of them of Asaph [0623], of Heman [01968], of Jeduthun [03038], with their sons [01121] and their brethren [0251], being arrayed [03847] in white linen [0948], having cymbals [04700] and psalteries [05035] and harps [03658], stood [05975] at the east end [04217] of the altar [04196], and with them an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] priests [03548] sounding [02690] with trumpets [02689]:)
32 And they ministered [08334] before [06440] the dwelling [04908] place of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] with singing [07892], until Solomon [08010] had built [01129] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] in Jerusalem [03389]: and then they waited [05975] on their office [05656] according to their order [04941].
13 Remember [02142] the word [01697] which Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] you, saying [0559], The LORD [03068] your God [0430] hath given you rest [05117], and hath given [05414] you this land [0776].
1 Now after [0310] the death [04194] of Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] it came to pass, that the LORD [03068] spake [0559] unto Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], Moses [04872]' minister [08334], saying [0559],
5 So Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] died [04191] there in the land [0776] of Moab [04124], according to the word [06310] of the LORD [03068].
1 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Aaron [0175], Thou and thy sons [01121] and thy father's [01] house [01004] with thee shall bear [05375] the iniquity [05771] of the sanctuary [04720]: and thou and thy sons [01121] with thee shall bear [05375] the iniquity [05771] of your priesthood [03550].
2 And thy brethren [0251] also of the tribe [04294] of Levi [03878], the tribe [07626] of thy father [01], bring [07126] thou with thee, that they may be joined [03867] unto thee, and minister [08334] unto thee: but thou and thy sons [01121] with thee shall minister before [06440] the tabernacle [0168] of witness [05715].
3 And they shall keep [08104] thy charge [04931], and the charge [04931] of all the tabernacle [0168]: only they shall not come nigh [07126] the vessels [03627] of the sanctuary [06944] and the altar [04196], that neither they, nor ye also, die [04191].
4 And they shall be joined [03867] unto thee, and keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], for all the service [05656] of the tabernacle [0168]: and a stranger [02114] shall not come nigh [07126] unto you.
5 And ye shall keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the sanctuary [06944], and the charge [04931] of the altar [04196]: that there be no wrath [07110] any more upon the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
6 And I, behold, I have taken [03947] your brethren [0251] the Levites [03881] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: to you they are given [05414] as a gift [04979] for the LORD [03068], to do [05647] the service [05656] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
7 Therefore thou and thy sons [01121] with thee shall keep [08104] your priest's office [03550] for every thing [01697] of the altar [04196], and within [01004] the vail [06532]; and ye shall serve [05647]: I have given [05414] your priest's office [03550] unto you as a service [05656] of gift [04979]: and the stranger [02114] that cometh nigh [07131] shall be put to death [04191].
6 And I, behold, I have taken [03947] your brethren [0251] the Levites [03881] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: to you they are given [05414] as a gift [04979] for the LORD [03068], to do [05647] the service [05656] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
16 For they are wholly given [05414] unto me from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]; instead of such as open [06363] every womb [07358], even instead of the firstborn [01060] of all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], have I taken [03947] them unto me.
17 For all the firstborn [01060] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] are mine, both man [0120] and beast [0929]: on the day [03117] that I smote [05221] every firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] I sanctified [06942] them for myself.
18 And I have taken [03947] the Levites [03881] for all the firstborn [01060] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
19 And I have given [05414] the Levites [03881] as a gift [05414] to Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121] from among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], to do [05647] the service [05656] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], and to make an atonement [03722] for the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: that there be no plague [05063] among the children [01121] of Israel [03478], when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] come nigh [05066] unto the sanctuary [06944].
9 And thou shalt give [05414] the Levites [03881] unto Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121]: they are wholly given [05414] unto him out of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
48 Their brethren [0251] also the Levites [03881] were appointed [05414] unto all manner of service [05656] of the tabernacle [04908] of the house [01004] of God [0430].
49 But Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] offered [06999] upon the altar [04196] of the burnt offering [05930], and on the altar [04196] of incense [07004], and were appointed for all the work [04399] of the place most [06944] holy [06944], and to make an atonement [03722] for Israel [03478], according to all that Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of God [0430] had commanded [06680].
41 The son [01121] of Ethni [0867], the son [01121] of Zerah [02226], the son [01121] of Adaiah [05718],
17 And Mattaniah [04983] the son [01121] of Micha [04316], the son [01121] of Zabdi [02067], the son [01121] of Asaph [0623], was the principal [07218] to begin [08462] the thanksgiving [03034] in prayer [08605]: and Bakbukiah [01229] the second [04932] among his brethren [0251], and Abda [05653] the son [01121] of Shammua [08051], the son [01121] of Galal [01559], the son [01121] of Jeduthun [03038].
15 And the singers [07891] the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623] were in their place [04612], according to the commandment [04687] of David [01732], and Asaph [0623], and Heman [01968], and Jeduthun [03038] the king's [04428] seer [02374]; and the porters [07778] waited at every gate [08179]; they might not depart [05493] from their service [05656]; for their brethren [0251] the Levites [03881] prepared [03559] for them.
1 Moreover David [01732] and the captains [08269] of the host [06635] separated [0914] to the service [05656] of the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623], and of Heman [01968], and of Jeduthun [03038], who should prophesy [05012] [05030] with harps [03658], with psalteries [05035], and with cymbals [04700]: and the number [04557] of the workmen [0582] [04399] according to their service [05656] was:
19 So the singers [07891], Heman [01968], Asaph [0623], and Ethan [0387], were appointed to sound [08085] with cymbals [04700] of brass [05178];
17 So the Levites [03881] appointed [05975] Heman [01968] the son [01121] of Joel [03100]; and of his brethren [0251], Asaph [0623] the son [01121] of Berechiah [01296]; and of the sons [01121] of Merari [04847] their brethren [0251], Ethan [0387] the son [01121] of Kushaiah [06984];
18 And the sons [01121] of Kohath [06955] were, Amram [06019], and Izhar [03324], and Hebron [02275], and Uzziel [05816].
44 And their brethren [0251] the sons [01121] of Merari [04847] stood on the left hand [08040]: Ethan [0387] the son [01121] of Kishi [07029], the son [01121] of Abdi [05660], the son [01121] of Malluch [04409],
45 The son [01121] of Hashabiah [02811], the son [01121] of Amaziah [0558], the son [01121] of Hilkiah [02518],
46 The son [01121] of Amzi [0557], the son [01121] of Bani [01137], the son [01121] of Shamer [08106],
47 The son [01121] of Mahli [04249], the son [01121] of Mushi [04187], the son [01121] of Merari [04847], the son [01121] of Levi [03878].
39 And his brother [0251] Asaph [0623], who stood [05975] on his right hand [03225], even Asaph [0623] the son [01121] of Berachiah [01296], the son [01121] of Shimea [08092],
40 The son [01121] of Michael [04317], the son [01121] of Baaseiah [01202], the son [01121] of Malchiah [04441],
41 The son [01121] of Ethni [0867], the son [01121] of Zerah [02226], the son [01121] of Adaiah [05718],
42 The son [01121] of Ethan [0387], the son [01121] of Zimmah [02155], the son [01121] of Shimei [08096],
43 The son [01121] of Jahath [03189], the son [01121] of Gershom [01647], the son [01121] of Levi [03878].
33 And these are they that waited [05975] with their children [01121]. Of the sons [01121] of the Kohathites [06956]: Heman [01968] a singer [07891], the son [01121] of Joel [03100], the son [01121] of Shemuel [08050],
34 The son [01121] of Elkanah [0511], the son [01121] of Jeroham [03395], the son [01121] of Eliel [0447], the son [01121] of Toah [08430],
35 The son [01121] of Zuph [06689], the son [01121] of Elkanah [0511], the son [01121] of Mahath [04287], the son [01121] of Amasai [06022],
36 The son [01121] of Elkanah [0511], the son [01121] of Joel [03100], the son [01121] of Azariah [05838], the son [01121] of Zephaniah [06846],
37 The son [01121] of Tahath [08480], the son [01121] of Assir [0617], the son [01121] of Ebiasaph [043], the son [01121] of Korah [07141],
38 The son [01121] of Izhar [03324], the son [01121] of Kohath [06955], the son [01121] of Levi [03878], the son [01121] of Israel [03478].
1 Moreover David [01732] and the captains [08269] of the host [06635] separated [0914] to the service [05656] of the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623], and of Heman [01968], and of Jeduthun [03038], who should prophesy [05012] [05030] with harps [03658], with psalteries [05035], and with cymbals [04700]: and the number [04557] of the workmen [0582] [04399] according to their service [05656] was:
2 Of the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623]; Zaccur [02139], and Joseph [03130], and Nethaniah [05418], and Asarelah [0841], the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623] under the hands [03027] of Asaph [0623], which prophesied [05012] according to the order [03027] of the king [04428].
3 Of Jeduthun [03038]: the sons [01121] of Jeduthun [03038]; Gedaliah [01436], and Zeri [06874], and Jeshaiah [03470], Hashabiah [02811], and Mattithiah [04993], six [08337], under the hands [03027] of their father [01] Jeduthun [03038], who prophesied [05012] with a harp [03658], to give thanks [03034] and to praise [01984] the LORD [03068].
4 Of Heman [01968]: the sons [01121] of Heman [01968]; Bukkiah [01232], Mattaniah [04983], Uzziel [05816], Shebuel [07619], and Jerimoth [03406], Hananiah [02608], Hanani [02607], Eliathah [0448], Giddalti [01437], and Romamtiezer [07320], Joshbekashah [03436], Mallothi [04413], Hothir [01956], and Mahazioth [04238]:
5 All these were the sons [01121] of Heman [01968] the king's [04428] seer [02374] in the words [01697] of God [0430], to lift up [07311] the horn [07161]. And God [0430] gave [05414] to Heman [01968] fourteen [0702] [06240] sons [01121] and three [07969] daughters [01323].
6 All these were under the hands [03027] of their father [01] for song [07892] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], with cymbals [04700], psalteries [05035], and harps [03658], for the service [05656] of the house [01004] of God [0430], according to the king's [04428] order [03027] to Asaph [0623], Jeduthun [03038], and Heman [01968].
33 And these are they that waited [05975] with their children [01121]. Of the sons [01121] of the Kohathites [06956]: Heman [01968] a singer [07891], the son [01121] of Joel [03100], the son [01121] of Shemuel [08050],
34 The son [01121] of Elkanah [0511], the son [01121] of Jeroham [03395], the son [01121] of Eliel [0447], the son [01121] of Toah [08430],
35 The son [01121] of Zuph [06689], the son [01121] of Elkanah [0511], the son [01121] of Mahath [04287], the son [01121] of Amasai [06022],
36 The son [01121] of Elkanah [0511], the son [01121] of Joel [03100], the son [01121] of Azariah [05838], the son [01121] of Zephaniah [06846],
37 The son [01121] of Tahath [08480], the son [01121] of Assir [0617], the son [01121] of Ebiasaph [043], the son [01121] of Korah [07141],
38 The son [01121] of Izhar [03324], the son [01121] of Kohath [06955], the son [01121] of Levi [03878], the son [01121] of Israel [03478].
3 So Solomon [08010], and all the congregation [06951] with him, went [03212] to the high place [01116] that was at Gibeon [01391]; for there was the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] of God [0430], which Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] had made [06213] in the wilderness [04057].
4 And the king [04428] went [03212] to Gibeon [01391] to sacrifice [02076] there; for that [01931] was the great [01419] high place [01116]: a thousand [0505] burnt offerings [05930] did Solomon [08010] offer [05927] upon that altar [04196].
1 So they brought [0935] the ark [0727] of God [0430], and set [03322] it in the midst [08432] of the tent [0168] that David [01732] had pitched [05186] for it: and they offered [07126] burnt sacrifices [05930] and peace offerings [08002] before [06440] God [0430].
2 And when David [01732] had made an end [03615] of offering [05927] the burnt offerings [05930] and the peace offerings [08002], he blessed [01288] the people [05971] in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068].
3 And he dealt [02505] to every one [0376] of Israel [03478], both man [0376] and woman [0802], to every one [0376] a loaf [03603] of bread [03899], and a good piece of flesh [0829], and a flagon [0809] of wine.
4 And he appointed [05414] certain of the Levites [03881] to minister [08334] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and to record [02142], and to thank [03034] and praise [01984] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]:
29 For the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068], which Moses [04872] made [06213] in the wilderness [04057], and the altar [04196] of the burnt offering [05930], were at that season [06256] in the high place [01116] at Gibeon [01391].
17 And they brought [0935] in the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and set [03322] it in his place [04725], in the midst [08432] of the tabernacle [0168] that David [01732] had pitched [05186] for it: and David [01732] offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and peace offerings [08002] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
22 The sons [01121] of Kohath [06955]; Amminadab [05992] his son [01121], Korah [07141] his son [01121], Assir [0617] his son [01121],
20 Of Gershom [01647]; Libni [03845] his son [01121], Jahath [03189] his son [01121], Zimmah [02155] his son [01121],
31 And these are they whom David [01732] set [05975] over the service [03027] of song [07892] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], after that the ark [0727] had rest [04494].
32 And they ministered [08334] before [06440] the dwelling [04908] place of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] with singing [07892], until Solomon [08010] had built [01129] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] in Jerusalem [03389]: and then they waited [05975] on their office [05656] according to their order [04941].
49 But Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] offered [06999] upon the altar [04196] of the burnt offering [05930], and on the altar [04196] of incense [07004], and were appointed for all the work [04399] of the place most [06944] holy [06944], and to make an atonement [03722] for Israel [03478], according to all that Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of God [0430] had commanded [06680].
48 Their brethren [0251] also the Levites [03881] were appointed [05414] unto all manner of service [05656] of the tabernacle [04908] of the house [01004] of God [0430].
32 And they ministered [08334] before [06440] the dwelling [04908] place of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] with singing [07892], until Solomon [08010] had built [01129] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] in Jerusalem [03389]: and then they waited [05975] on their office [05656] according to their order [04941].
31 And these are they whom David [01732] set [05975] over the service [03027] of song [07892] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], after that the ark [0727] had rest [04494].