These are those who served, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
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These are those who served, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
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And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
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(6-18) And these are they that took their station, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel;
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- 1 Chronicles 6:28 The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.
- 1 Chronicles 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
- 1 Samuel 1:20 When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”
- 1 Samuel 1:28 Therefore I have also given him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is given to Yahweh.” He worshiped Yahweh there.
- 1 Chronicles 15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;
- 1 Chronicles 16:41-42 and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because his loving kindness endures forever; and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
- 1 Chronicles 25:1-5 Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals. The number of those who did the work according to their service was: of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah. The sons of Asaph were under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied at the order of the king. Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh with the harp. Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12 also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets);
- 2 Chronicles 29:14 and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
- Psalms 88:1 Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 6:33 And these [are] they that waited with…
1Ch 6:33 And these [are] they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
Ver. 33. Heman.] He was Samuel’s grandchild, by Joel. The posterity (haply, not immediate) of the righteous shall be blessed.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain These, to wit,
These, to wit,
Heman here mentioned; and Asaph, 1Ch 6:39; and Ethan, 1Ch 6:44.
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Shemuel, or, Samuel the prophet.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Their brethren also the Levites,.... Who were not skilled…
Their brethren also the Levites,.... Who were not skilled in singing, and employed in that service, even the rest of the Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites:
were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God; some were porters at the gates; others had the care of the vessels; others slew the beasts for sacrifices, flayed them, and cut them up, and brought the pieces to the altar of burnt offerings, for the priests to offer.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Heman. Some families among the Levites were more distinguished…
Heman. Some families among the Levites were more distinguished than the rest, having authority to regulate the singers, and to give the tune. Hence many psalms are addressed to these three masters of music. Yet from those titles we cannot surely infer that those psalms were composed by Asaph, &c. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Shemuel--that is, Samuel. This is the exact representation of…
Shemuel--that is, Samuel. This is the exact representation of the Hebrew name.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 33–38 (= 18–23 according to the Heb. division). The…
33–38 (= 18–23 according to the Heb. division). The descent of Heman, David’s singer, through Kohath from Levi
33. a singer] R.V. the singer.
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Shemuel] R.V. Samuel, the well-known prophet being the person meant. Samuel is a form derived from the LXX. through the Latin Vulgate; but Shemuel is a more correct transliteration of the Hebrew name. Cp. 1Ch_6:26-28, notes.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (33) And these are they that waited (stood) with…
(33) And these are they that waited (stood) with their children.—The main sentence which began at 1Ch_6:31, and was suspended by the parenthetic 1Ch_6:32, is now resumed. The persons meant are the three chiefs of the Levitical guilds of musicians, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan; their “children” are the members of those guilds. (Comp. the phrase, “sons of the prophets,” i.e., members of prophetic guilds, 2Ki_9:1; Amo_7:14.) 1Ch_25:1-7 supplies the names of the principal “sons” of the three masters. Their Levitical descent is shown in the genealogies here traced up from themselves to Levi. First we have the pedigree of Heman (1Ch_6:33-38) the Kohathite.
Heman a singer.—Rather, the singer or minstrel. Heman, as representing the chief branch of the Levites, is primus inter pares as regards the other master singers. His choir occupied the centre, having on its right that of the Gershonite Asaph, on its left that of the Merarite Ethan (1Ch_6:39; 1Ch_6:44), so that Heman would conduct the whole body of musicians, when the three choirs chanted in concert. The word “minstrel” is more appropriate than “singer” because the original term (ham’shôrçr) implies singing which the singer himself accompanies with an instrument of music. (See 1Ch_25:6; LXX., ὁ ψαλτῳδὸς.)
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Son of Joel, the son of Shemuel.—It is interesting to learn that Heman, the great minstrel, was a grandson of Samuel the great prophet. (For the connection between music and prophecy, see 2Ki_3:15; 1Sa_10:5-6; and below, 1Ch_25:1, Note.) Considering that some have denied that Samuel was a Levite, the point of contact here noted looks like an undesigned coincidence.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain We have now the name and pedigree of each…
We have now the name and pedigree of each of the three chief singers or musicians (their duty was both vocal and instrumental) of David"s appointment, beginning, according to the analogy of ver. 2, supra, with Heman, the descendant of Kohath, instead of Asaph from Gershom. So the place of Heman was still the place of honor, in the centre, with Asaph on the right and Ethan on the left (vers. 39, 44). Heman is the twenty-first according to this list (vers. 33-38) after Levi, but the genealogy is indistinct (see above, vers. 22-28) between Shemuel and Assir, and according to Hervey ("Genealogies of our Lord," p. 214), Heman comes fourteenth after Levi. This Heman is to be distinguished from Heman the "son of Zerah", (1Ch_2:6) and with but little doubt, therefore, from Heman the Ezrahite (Zerahite) of Psalm 88. On the other hand, a theory has been suggested by Lord Arthur C. Hervey which might reconcile the two. He supposes that if Heman the Kohathite (or his father) had married an heiress of the house of Zerah, he might have become reckoned in the line of Zerah as well as in that of Kohath.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 These were those
These were those
"These were the musicians"
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Kohathites
This is the name of a people group, the descendants of Kohath (1 Chronicles 6:1). (See: How to Translate Names)
going back in time
This means the list is going in order from the most recent to the oldest.
Heman ... Jeroham ... Eliel ... Toah ... Zuph ... Mahath
These are the names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)
Elkanah ... Amasai
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son
clan
Joel
Samuel
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:33 Heman held the lead position among David’s singers…
6:33 Heman held the lead position among David’s singers (see Ps 88:title).
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