1 Chronicles 25:9-31 BSB

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 25:9

1 Chronicles 25:9. To Joseph For the family of Asaph, of which Joseph was. Here that clause, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve, is to be understood as it is expressed in all the following verses, otherwise they do not make up that number of two hundred and eighty-eight, mentioned 1 Chronicles 25:7. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 25:1-31

Arrangements for the Levites (23:1-26:32)Having appointed Solomon to be his successor, David made further arrangements for the service of the temple. First, he set out a plan to distribute duties among the Levites. A census showed that there were 38,000 Levites eligible for temple service. Of these, 14,000 were official record-keepers, judges, guards, singers and musicians. The remainder were to help in the general service of the temple (23:1-6). Clearly, there were far too many Levites to work... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 25:9

came forth: i.e. out of the ephod, the bag behind the high priest's breastplate; the lap, or bag of Proverbs 16:33 . Compare Joshua 21:4 , and see note on Exodus 28:30 . Numbers 26:55 . to Joseph. Not the eldest son. his brethren. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), App-6 , for relatives. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 25:10

Zaccur, the son of Asaph (1 Chronicles 25:2 ). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 25:14

Jesharelah = Asarelah of 1 Chronicles 25:2 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 25:18

Azareel = Uzziel of 1 Chronicles 25:4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 25:9

"Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve: the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve: the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve: the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 25:18

1 Chronicles 25:18. The eleventh to Azareel— His name is written Uzziel in the fourth verse. Probably he was sometimes called by one of those names, and sometimes by the other. REFLECTIONS.—The courses of singers are here appointed to accompany the priests and Levites in their service. Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, or Ethan, were the three great masters, and their sons under them, four-and-twenty, according to the number of courses. Their service is called prophesying (see 1 Corinthians 11:4; 1... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 25:1-31

Particulars respecting the Singers1. Separated to the service] RV ’separated for the service certain of the sons,’ etc. Jeduthun] as in 1 Chronicles 16:41, this name takes the place of ’Ethan’ in other lists: 1 Chronicles 6:44; 1 Chronicles 15:17. Prophesy] see on 1 Chronicles 25:5. And the number.. was] The sentence is interrupted, and continued in 1 Chronicles 25:7.3. Six] only five names are given, but the LXX adds a sixth, ’Shimei’: cp. 1 Chronicles 25:17.5. The king’s seer] Music and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 25:9

(9) Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph.—See 1 Chronicles 25:2, according to which Joseph was the second “son” of Asaph. Although not stated in the text, it must have been true of Joseph as of all the following heads, that “he, and his sons and his brethren were twelve.” The specified total of 288 (1 Chronicles 25:7) requires it.The second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve.—Rather, Gedaliah was the second, he and his brethren and his sons—twelve. The... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 25:9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 25:1-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 25:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 25:10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 25:14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 25:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 25:9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 25:18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 25:1-31

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 25:9

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