1 Chronicles 15:17

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel. And of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah. And of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

In Context

16And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.

18And with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the po

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:18And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 6:29The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

1 Chronicles 6:39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

1 Chronicles 15:19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud.

1 Chronicles 16:42And with them Heman and Jeduthun [with] trumpets and cymbals for those who should sound aloud, and [with] instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.

Psalms 73:1Surely God is good to Israel, to such as are pure in heart.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 15:2-25

The Removal of the Ark. ( b. c. 1047.) 1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 5 Of… Read the whole commentary →

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