lots 1Ch 24:5,6 Nu 26:56

even the principal The whole company being ranged according to their families, with the proper number of divisions, the order of their courses was assigned them by lot, without respect to rank or seniority. 1Ch 25:8 26:13

2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.

1-7 The number and offices of the singers 8-31 Their division by lot into four and twenty orders

the captains That is, the chief of the several orders; not military captains 1Ch 12:28 23:2 24:5,6 2Ch 23:1,9

Asaph 1Ch 6:33,39,44 15:16-19

prophesy The word prophesy, here, seems to mean no more than praising God by singing inspired prophetical hymns. 1Ch 25:3 1Sa 10:5 2Ki 3:15 1Co 14:24-26

harps 1Ch 15:16-21 16:4,5,42 23:5-7 2Ch 23:13 29:25,26 31:2 34:12 Ezr 3:10,11 Ne 12:24,27,43-46 Ps 81:2 92:1-3 150:3-5 Re 15:2-4

3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

Asaph 1Ch 25:1 6:39 15:17 16:5 Ps 73:1 74:1 75:1 76:1 77:1 78:1 79:1 80:1 81:1 82:1 83:1

Asarelah. `Otherwise called Jesharelah ver 14.'
under the hands 1Ch 25:3,6 Isa 3:6

according to the order of the king [heb] by the hands of the king 1Ch 25:6

4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:

Jeduthun 1Ch 9:16 16:41,42 2Ch 29:14

Gedaliah 1Ch 25:9

zeri 1Ch 25:21 15:18,21

six `With Shimei, mentioned ver. 17.'

Shimei is not only mentioned in the parallel passage, but is supplied here by the Arabic version.

to give thanks Ps 92:1 Jer 33:11

5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

Heman 1Ch 6:33 15:17,19 16:41,42 Ps 88:1

Bukkiah 1Ch 25:13

Mattaniah 1Ch 25:16

Uzziel 1Ch 25:18

Azareel 1Ch 24:24

Shebuel 1Ch 25:20 24:20

Shubael
Jerimoth 1Ch 25:22 24:30

Hananiah 1Ch 25:23

Hanani 1Ch 25:25

Eliathah 1Ch 25:27

Giddalti 1Ch 25:29

Romamti-ezer 1Ch 25:31

Joshbekashah 1Ch 25:24

Mallothi 1Ch 25:26

Hothir 1Ch 25:28,30

6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

the king's seer 1Ch 21:9 1Sa 9:9

words. or, matters.
to lift up This may denote that he presided over those who used wind instruments.

God gave 1Ch 28:5 Ge 33:5 Ps 127:3 Isa 8:18

7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

under the hands 1Ch 25:2,3

for song 1Ch 25:1-3 15:22 23:5 Ps 68:25 Eph 5:19 Col 3:16

according to the king's order [heb] by the hands of the king 1Ch 25:2

Asaph 1Ch 25:1-4

8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

two hundred These two hundred and eighty-eight, being twenty courses of twelve each, were more skilful than the other Levites; and being placed under the twenty-four sons of the chief singers, they had the four thousand before mentioned divided among them, to officiate by courses, according to their instructions. 1Ch 23:5

9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:

cast lots 1Ch 24:5 Le 16:8 1Sa 14:41,42 Pr 16:33 Ac 1:26

ward against ward 1Ch 24:31 26:13,16 Ne 12:24

the teacher Even among the twenty-four leaders, some were more expert than others; some were teachers, and others were scholars; but every one was taken by the solemn casting of lots, without any regard to these distinctions. Thus all things were disposed for the preserving of order, and avoiding all disputes about precedence: there being no respect had, in this divine distribution, to birth, but the younger in course preceded the elder. 1Ch 15:22 2Ch 23:13

10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Joseph 1Ch 25:2

the second Dr. Geddes, chiefly on the authority of the Arabic, add, `who with his sons and brethren were twelve.'

11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Zaccur 1Ch 25:2

12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Izri Izri, seems to be called Zeri by the aphaeresis of (), {yood}. 1Ch 25:3

Zeri

13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Nethaniah 1Ch 25:2

14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Jesharelah This variation rises from the mutation of {aleph} and {yood}; the word being written in the parallel passage {Asarelah}, and here, () Jesharelah 1Ch 25:2

Asarelah

16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Azareel Probably this person was called by both names; or Uzziel may be a mistake for Azareel. In the Syriac and Arabic, the name is nearly the same in both places. 1Ch 25:4

Uzziel

20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Hashabiah 1Ch 25:3

21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Shubael 1Ch 25:4

Shebuel

22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

Mahazioth 1Ch 25:4

31 The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

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