1 Chronicles 15:17

So the Levites caused to stand, Heman son of Joel, and, of his brethren, Asaph, son of Berechiah,—and, of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan, son of Kushaiah;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 spake to the chiefs of the Levites, to station their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, harps and lyres, and cymbals,—sounding aloud at the lifting up of the voice, for joy.

18and, with them, their brethren of the second degree,—Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mickneiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel, the door-keepers.

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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, Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,—

1 Chronicles 15:19And, the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan, with cymbals of bronze, were to sound aloud;

1 Chronicles 16:42And, with them, Heman and Jeduthun, [with] the trumpets, and the cymbals, for sounding aloud, and the instruments for the songs of God,—and the sons of Jeduthun, for the gate.

Psalms 73:1Nothing but good, is God, Unto Israel, Unto the 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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