1 Chronicles 6:31-38

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 6:31-53

When the Levites were first ordained in the wilderness much of the work then appointed them lay in carrying and taking care of the tabernacle and the utensils of it, while they were in their march through the wilderness. In David's time their number was increased; and, though the greater part of them was dispersed all the nation over, to teach the people the good knowledge of the Lord, yet those that attended the house of God were so numerous that there was not constant work for them all; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 6:31

And these are they ,.... Who follow; the account of whom begins 1 Chronicles 6:33 , whom David set over the service of the song in the house of the Lord : whom he appointed chief musicians, and masters of the chorus, to manage and conduct that part of divine service in the sanctuary, singing the praises of God, both with vocal and instrumental music: after the ark had rest ; which was when it was brought from the house of Obededom to the city of David, and was placed in a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 6:32

And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacles of the congregation with singing ,.... Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; this service they performed before the ark, which was in a tent or tabernacle David pitched for it; and which the Targum here calls the tabernacle of time, or a temporary tabernacle: until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem ; the temple there: and then they waited on their office according to their order ; performed it in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 6:33-38

And these are they that waited with their children ,.... They and their posterity, who officiated in the service of singing psalms in the sanctuary: the three heads of them were of the three families of the Levites, as follow: of the sons of the Kohathites, Heman a singer ; the chief of the singers, and who composed psalms and hymns, which are in the book of Psalms: the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel ; or Samuel. This Heman was grandson of Samuel the prophet; for whose sake his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 6:31

After that the ark had rest - The Targum says, "These are they whom David set over the service of the singing, in the house of the sanctuary, or tabernacle of the Lord, at the time in which the ark was brought into it;" that is, when it was brought from the house of Obed-edom. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 6:32

According to their order - This order is specified below. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 6:31-48

In the early verses of this section we may notice, if not the first beginning, yet some of the earliest crystallization of the forms of religious services. It was given to David to settle the ark after its travels through the wilderness, its sojourn in various places since then, doubtless always within the care of some Levitical family (except when taken by enemies, 1 Samuel 4:11 ; 1 Samuel 5:1-12 ; 1 Samuel 6:1-21 .), and in especial its prolonged twenty years' sojourn .at... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 6:32

Instances full of illustration of this ministering… with singing and waiting on their office are found in 2 Chronicles 5:12 ; 2 Chronicles 29:26-31 ; 2 Chronicles 35:15 , 2 Chronicles 35:16 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 6:33

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 1 Chronicles 6:2 , 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 ( 1 Chronicles 6:39 , 1 Chronicles 6:44 ). Heman is the twenty-first according to this... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 6:31-48

The genealogies of David’s three chief singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan or Jeduthun.1 Chronicles 6:32They waited on their office - On the establishment and continuance of the choral service in the temple, see 2 Chronicles 5:12, 2 Chronicles 29:27-30; 2 Chronicles 35:15.1 Chronicles 6:33Heman - 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... read more

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