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1
Chronicles Chapter Twenty-five
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 25
This
chapter relates the appointment of the sons of Asaph
Heman
and Jeduthun
to
be singers in the temple
1 Chronicles 25:1
the distribution of them by lot into twenty four classes
twelve in each class
1 Chronicles 25:8.
1 Chronicles
25:1 Moreover David
and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons
of Asaph
of Heman
and of Jeduthun
who should prophesy with harps
stringed instruments
and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing
their service was:
YLT
1And David and the heads of
the host separate for service
of the sons of Asaph
and Heman
and Jeduthun
who are prophesying with harps
with psalteries
and with cymbals
and the
number of the workmen is according to their service.
Moreover
David and the captains of the host separated to the
service
.... Of singing the praises of God; this was done by the princes
of the people
and the chief of the priests
who were gathered together
and
before whom the lots were cast
both for priests and Levites
and now here for
the singers
see 1 Chronicles 22:2
and those that were separated were
of the sons of Asaph
and of Heman
and of Jeduthun; or Ethan
the
three precentors
or chief of the singers:
who should prophesy with harps
with psalteries
and with cymbals; sing psalms
hymns
and spiritual songs
endited by the Holy Spirit of God; which contained
in them prophecies concerning things to come
particularly relating to the
Messiah
of which there are many in the book of Psalms; and to the tunes of
these they played on the above instruments of music:
and the number of the workmen
according to their service
was; as follows.
1 Chronicles
25:2 2 Of
the sons of Asaph: Zaccur
Joseph
Nethaniah
and Asharelah;[a] the sons
of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph
who prophesied according to
the order of the king.
YLT
2Of sons of Asaph: Zaccur
and Joseph
and Nethaniah
and Asharelah
sons of Asaph
[are] by the side of
Asaph
who is prophesying by the side of the king.
Of the sons of Asaph
.... Who were separated
and by lot appointed
to the service of singers in the temple:
Zaccur
and Joseph
and Nethaniah
and Asarelah; called
Jesharelah
1 Chronicles 25:14
these had the third fourth
fifth
and seventh lots
1 Chronicles 25:9
under the hands of Asaph; under his instruction
and authority:
which prophesied according to the order of the king; which Asaph
composed psalms under the inspiration of the Spirit of God
and was ordered by
King David to sing them
and by whose command they were inserted in the book of
Psalms
where they now stand with his name to them.
1 Chronicles
25:3 3 Of
Jeduthun
the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah
Zeri
[b] Jeshaiah
Shimei
Hashabiah
and Mattithiah
six
[c] under the
direction of their father Jeduthun
who prophesied with a harp to give thanks
and to praise the Lord.
YLT
3Of Jeduthun: sons of
Jeduthun
Gedaliah
and Zeri
and Jeshaiah
Hashabiah
and Mattithiah
Shisshah
[are] by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is
prophesying
for giving of thanks and of praise to Jehovah.
Of Jeduthun
.... Or Ethan
the sons of Jeduthun:
Gedaliah and Zeri; called Izri
1 Chronicles 25:11
and Jeshaiah
Hashabiah
and Mattithiah
six; whereas five
only are mentioned; it may be thought that Shimei
1 Chronicles 25:17
is the sixth
he not being mentioned elsewhere; it is a tradition of the Jews
that his mother was now with child of him
and it being foreseen by the Holy Spirit
that he would be the chief of a course
the number six is given
as Jarchi
observes; but rather
as Kimchi
he was young
and not fit to sing
yet was
chosen the head of a course
until he was grown up and fit for it; to these six
came up the second
fourth
eighth
twelfth
fourteenth
and tenth lots
1 Chronicles 25:9
and these
were under the
hands of their father Jeduthun; to instruct and direct them
and appoint
their service to them:
who prophesied with a harp; or sung a prophetic
psalm or hymn on that:
to give thanks
and to praise the Lord; for what he
had done and promised
and foretold he would do for his people.
1 Chronicles
25:4 4 Of
Heman
the sons of Heman: Bukkiah
Mattaniah
Uzziel
[d] Shebuel
[e] Jerimoth
[f] Hananiah
Hanani
Eliathah
Giddalti
Romamti-Ezer
Joshbekashah
Mallothi
Hothir
and
Mahazioth.
YLT
4Of Heman: sons of Heman:
Bukkiah
Mattaniah
Uzziel
Shebuel
and Jerimoth
Hananiah
Hanani
Eliathah
Giddalti
and Romamti-Ezer
Joshbekashah
Mallothi
Hothir
Mahazioth;
Of Heman: the sons of Heman
.... The third chief
singer:
Bukkiah
Mattaniah
Uzziel; the same with Azareel
1 Chronicles 25:18.
Shebuel; called Shubael
1 Chronicles 25:20.
and Jerimoth
Hananiah
Hanani
Eliathah
Giddalti
and
Romamtiezer
Joshbekashah
Mallothi
Hothir
and Mahazioth; in all
fourteen
to whom came the sixth
ninth
eleventh
fifteenth
sixteenth
eighteenth
twentieth
twenty second
twenty fourth
seventeenth
nineteenth
twentieth
and twenty third lots
1 Chronicles 25:13.
1 Chronicles
25:5 5 All
these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God
to
exalt his horn.[g] For God
gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
YLT
5all these [are] sons of
Heman -- seer of the king in the things of God -- to lift up a horn; and God
giveth to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
All these were the sons of Heman
the king's seer
.... The
prophet of the king
as the Targum
who was frequently with him
assisting him
in the words of God: in divine things:
to lift up the horn; to blow with the
hornpipe or trumpet
and to magnify and set forth the greatness of the kingdom
of Israel
and especially of the King Messiah
the horn of salvation
that
would be raised up in the house of David:
and God gave to Heman fourteen sons; whose names are before
mentioned:
and three daughters; of whom we have no more
account
only may observe
that both are the gifts of God
and an heritage from
him
Psalm 127:3.
1 Chronicles 25:6 6 All these were
under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the Lord
with cymbals
stringed instruments
and harps
for the service of the house of God. Asaph
Jeduthun
and Heman were under the authority of the king.
YLT
6All these [are] by the side
of their father in the song of the house of Jehovah
with cymbals
psalteries
and harps
for the service of the house of God; by the side of the king [are]
Asaph
and Jeduthun
and Heman.
All these were under the hands of their father
for song in the
house of the Lord
.... Instructed and directed by him in the performance of the
service in the temple:
with cymbals
psalteries
and harps
for the service of the house
of God; which were the three principal instruments of music used in the
temple service:
according to the king's order
to Asaph
Jeduthun
and Heman; who ordered
and directed them what to sing
what tunes to make use of
and what instruments
to play upon to those tunes.
1 Chronicles 25:7 7 So the number of them
with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the Lord
all who were
skillful
was two hundred and eighty-eight.
YLT
7And their number
with
their brethren -- taught in the song of Jehovah
all who are intelligent -- is
two hundred
eighty and eight.
So the number of them
with their brethren
.... Who each
of them had twelve with them
as after reckoned:
that were instructed in the songs of the Lord; taught how to
sing them:
even all that were
cunning; expert and well skilled in the science of singing:
was two hundred and eighty eight; for there being twenty
four classes answerable to those of the priests
and twelve in each class
twelve times twenty four makes two hundred and eighty eight.
1 Chronicles 25:8 8 And they cast lots for
their duty
the small as well as the great
the teacher with the student.
YLT
8And they cause to fall lots
-- charge over-against [charge]
as well the small as the great
the
intelligent with the learner.
And they cast lots
ward against ward
.... That is
which ward or course of the singers should answer to and attend on the first
ward or course of the priests in their weekly service
and which the second
and so on:
as well the small as the great
the teacher as the scholar; no regard was
had to the age of a person
his being the firstborn or a younger brother
or to
his office and station
whether as a teacher or a learner in the science of
singing; he was made the head of a course
as the lot came up; and it may
easily be observed
by comparing the lots in the following verses with the sons
of the chief singers
according to the order of them in 1 Chronicles 25:2
that the younger are often preferred in the courses by lot to the elder
of
which even the first lot is an instance.
1 Chronicles 25:9 9 Now the first lot for
Asaph came out for Joseph; the second for Gedaliah
him with his brethren and
sons
twelve;
YLT
9And the first lot goeth out
for Asaph to Joseph; [to] Gedaliah the second; he
and his brethren and his
sons
twelve;
Verses 9-31
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph
.... His
second son to the preference of the firstborn
1 Chronicles 25:2
the second to Gedaliah
who with his brethren and sons were twelve: and which
must also be understood of Joseph
and supplied to him; for those being both in
one verse
as Jarchi observes
it is but once mentioned
but must be supplied
or otherwise the number of two hundred and eighty eight could not be made up;
the same is observed of all the other lots and courses to the end of the
chapter as here
and therefore need no more remarks.
1 Chronicles 25:10 10 the third for Zaccur
his
sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
10the third [to] Zaccur
his
sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:11 11 the fourth for Jizri
[h] his sons
and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
11the fourth to Izri
his
sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:12 12 the fifth for Nethaniah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
12the fifth [to] Nethaniah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:13 13 the sixth for Bukkiah
his
sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
13the sixth [to] Bukkiah
his
sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:14 14 the seventh for
Jesharelah
[i] his sons
and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
14the seventh [to]
Jesharelah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:15 15 the eighth for Jeshaiah
his
sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
15the eighth [to] Jeshaiah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:16 16 the ninth for Mattaniah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
16the ninth [to] Mattaniah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:17 17 the tenth for Shimei
his
sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
17the tenth [to] Shimei
his
sons and his brethren
twelve:
1 Chronicles 25:18 18 the eleventh for Azarel
[j] his sons
and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
18eleventh [to] Azareel
his
sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:19 19 the twelfth for Hashabiah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
19the twelfth [to] Hashabiah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:20 20 the thirteenth for
Shubael
[k] his sons
and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
20at the thirteenth [to]
Shubael
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:21 21 the fourteenth for
Mattithiah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
21at the fourteenth [to]
Mattithiah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:22 22 the fifteenth for
Jeremoth
[l] his sons
and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
22at the fifteenth [to]
Jeremoth
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:23 23 the sixteenth for
Hananiah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
23at the sixteenth [to]
Hananiah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:24 24 the seventeenth for
Joshbekashah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
24at the seventeenth [to]
Joshbekashah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:25 25 the eighteenth for Hanani
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
25at the eighteenth [to]
Hanani
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:26 26 the nineteenth for
Mallothi
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
26at the nineteenth [to]
Mallothi
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:27 27 the twentieth for
Eliathah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
27at the twentieth [to]
Eliathah
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:28 28 the twenty-first for
Hothir
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
28at the one and twentieth
[to] Hothir
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:29 29 the twenty-second for
Giddalti
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
29at the two and twentieth
[to] Giddalti
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:30 30 the twenty-third for
Mahazioth
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
YLT
30at the three and twentieth
[to] Mahazioth
his sons and his brethren
twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:31 31 the twenty-fourth for
Romamti-Ezer
his sons and his brethren
twelve.
YLT
31at the four and twentieth
[to] Romamti-Ezer
his sons and his brethren
twelve.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
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