1 Chronicles 25:1-22 ESV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 25:14

Jesharelah - Supposed to be the same with Uzziel, son of Heman. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 25:1

The twenty-four courses of those who were to be engaged in the temple service as singers and musicians fill up this chapter. They are to be taken from the three great families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun. For the captains of the host , as designating those who superintended the order of temple worship, see 1 Chronicles 22:17 ; 1 Chronicles 23:2 ; 1 Chronicles 24:6 ; as also Numbers 4:3 ; Numbers 8:23 . The sons of Asaph . (For a clear instance of the use of the preposition... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 25:1-8

EXPOSITION The families of the three chiefs in song. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 25:2

Four sons of Asaph are hero given, the number, however, not being ex. pressed, although it is expressed in the cases of Jeduthun and Heman ( 1 Chronicles 25:3 , 1 Chronicles 25:5 ). "For Asaph," we find twelve psalms inscribed, viz. Psalms 1:1-6 .; 73-83.; of some of which he was himself the inspired composer. When it is said "for Asaph," the meaning is for those "under his hand," or direction, and who as a band bore his name, and performed among other odes those which he prophesied.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 25:3

Six sons are here said to be under the direction of Jeduthun (or Ethan, 1 Chronicles 6:44 ). The name missing is Shimei, supplied by 1 Chronicles 25:17 , and which the Alexandrine Septuagint places fourth in this list. This is clear from the list of 1 Chronicles 25:9-31 , which contains all the same names as are found in the present 1 Chronicles 25:2-4 , and one more, Shimei, which therefore offers to supply the place vacant here. The name Zeri reappears in 1 Chronicles 25:11 ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 25:4

The two names Uzziel and Shebuel , in this verse, reappear respectively in 1 Chronicles 25:18 , 1 Chronicles 25:20 , as Azareel and Shubael. It is remarkable that the ninth and tenth names of this list, with the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth, when put together, run into two lines of verse, which may be translated, "These bestowed great and high help; I have abundantly uttered oracles." Ewald suggests that these may be the commencing lines of some ancient prophet's oracles. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 25:5

For the expression, the king's seer , and as other instances of the office, see 1 Chronicles 21:9 ; 2 Chronicles 35:15 , in neither of which places, however, have we the attendant phrase, in the words of God . Yet we have the same sense strictly implied in 1 Chronicles 21:9 , 1 Chronicles 21:19 . The expression needs not to be generalized into "in the matters of God," but evidently describes the seer (Heman, Gad, or Jeduthun) as the authorized medium of verbal communication between... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 25:6

This verse needs nothing except exact translation to make its meaning clear and consistent, All these (i.e. the names of 1 Chronicles 25:2-4 ) were under the directions of their father, in the song of the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the directions of the king, Asaph, and Jeduthun and Heman. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 25:7

This verse introduces a large additional number of those called for the present brethren of the foregoing twenty-four. These brethren (partly composed of their sons, as appears from 1 Chronicles 25:9-31 ) were to aid in the songs of the Lord, and were apparently under instruction for that purpose. Each one of the twenty-four had eleven associated subordinates with him, and for whose instruction and service he was probably answerable. These would, of course, multiply up to the two hundred... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 25:8

This verse should be translated, And they cast lots of attendance, small and great equally, teacher with scholar . The Septuagint translates גוֹרָלוֹת מִשִׁמֶרֶת by the words κλήρους ἐφημεριῶν . read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 25:14

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