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
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