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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:15

And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders, with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded, according to the word of the Lord. Not only bare it on their shoulders, but with the staves in it, which rested on their shoulders, see Numbers 7:9 , the reason of this command, that the ark should be carried on men's shoulders, and not in any carriage, according to Maimonides F8 Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 45. p. 479. , was both for the honour of it, and lest its... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:16

And David spake to the chief of the Levites ,.... The six before mentioned, 1 Chronicles 15:11 . to appoint their brethren to be the singers ; before the ark, as they brought it up: with instruments of music, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals ; which were used in those times, see 2 Samuel 6:5 . sounding by lifting up the voice with joy ; the instrumental music was to be attended with vocal music, and that very sonorous and loud, and performed with all tokens of inward joy... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:17

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel ,.... The grandson of Samuel the prophet, 1 Chronicles 6:33 . and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah ; a famous singer, often mentioned in the Psalms, 1 Chronicles 6:39 . and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah ; the same with the son of Kishi, 1 Chronicles 6:44 , these were the chief of the singers. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:18

And with them their brethren of the second degree ,.... Who were next unto them, both in office and skill in singing: the fourteen following, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters ; who, when they were not employed in singing, were doorkeepers of the sanctuary; either they had been porters at the tabernacle in Gibeon, or were so after the ark... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:19

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan ,.... The three principal of them: these were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass ; for as there were three sorts of musical instruments, 1 Chronicles 15:16 these three chief singers had one of those instruments appropriated to them, one of which were the cymbals of brass, to which the apostle alludes, 1 Corinthians 13:1 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:20

And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah ,.... Who were eight of the second degree; Aziel is the same with Jaaziel, 1 Chronicles 15:18 and Ben is left out, in whose room Azaziah, in the next verse, seems to be put; Ben is thought to be sick or dead before they came to execute their office, and whom the father of Kimchi takes to be the same with him who is expressed in the title of Psalm 9:1 which title is, "on Muthlabben", or... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:21

And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah ,.... These six were appointed to sound: with harps on the Sheminith to excel ; which Sheminith some take to be an harp with eight strings, or the beginning of a song, or a musical tone, the bass; see the title of Psalm 6:1 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:22

And Chenaniah chief of the Levites was for song ,.... But the chief for the song were Heman, Asaph, and Ethan; rather for the burden , as the Targum; for the lifting up and bearing the ark: he instructed about the song ; or about the taking up and bearing the burden, the ark; directing when to take it up, and how far to go with it, and then rest: because he was skilful ; a wise and prudent man in all things, and so proper to direct in this business. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:23

And Berechiah, and Elkanah, were doorkeepers for the ark ,.... Either while it was at Kirjathjearim, and at Obededom's house; or rather after it was put in the tabernacle David had prepared for it; though it may be best of all to understand it, that those, as it was carrying, went before it, to keep the people from pressing to it, and gazing on it. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:24

And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God ,.... With the silver trumpets; one use of which was to blow with when the camps and ark of the Lord moved, Numbers 10:5 . and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark ; they went behind it, as the others before it, for the same purpose, as it was bringing up. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:24

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