1 Chronicles 15:17

_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;_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

1-24 Wise and good men may be guilty of oversights, which they will correct, as soon as they are aware of them. David does not try to justify what had been done amiss, nor to lay the blame on others; but he owns himself guilty, with others, of not seeking God in due order...

Verse 1 Chronicles 15:17. _- HEMAN - ASAPH - ETHAN_] These were the _three_ chief musicians in the time of David; see 1 Chronicles 6:31....

EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 15:1 The contents of this verse and the following verses up to the twenty-fifth have no parallel in the Book of Samuel, and excite suggestion respecting the different objects with which the compiler of Chronicles wrote, as compared with those of the author of the former work. They also direct fresh attention to the sources upon which they drew. The history of the preparations made for the reception of the ark, and for its safe and religious escort into the city, is now proceeded with. These preparations occupied the three months, or part of the three months, spoken of in 1 Chronicles 13:14. The HOUSES may have been both his own ...

SO THE LEVITES APPOINTED HEMAN THE SON OF JOEL,.... The grandson of Samuel the prophet, 1 Chronicles 6:33 AND OF HIS BRETHREN, ASAPH THE SON OF BERECHIAH; a famous singer, often mentioned in the Psalms, 1 Chronicles 6:39 AND OF THE SONS OF MERARI THEIR BRETHREN, ETHAN THE SON OF KUSHAIAH; the same with the son of Kishi, 1 Chronicles 6:44, these were the chief of the singers....

1 _;_ 2. _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. 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._ It should not be carried upon a new cart, dragged by unwilling oxen but it should be borne upon the cheerful shoulders of the God-appointed bearers, the Levites. 1 Chronicles 15:3. _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. And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:_ Then follows the list of them, which we need not now read. 1 C

; 1 Chronicles 16:1 . THE ARK BROUGHT TO JERUSALEM CHAPTER 15:1-16:3 _ 1. The true preparation to fetch the ark (1 Chronicles 15:1)_ 2. The great procession (1 Chronicles 15:16) 3. The ark brought back (1 Chronicles 15:25; 1 Chronicles 16:1) The ark rested in the house of Obed-edom for three months. During that time David prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent.Warned by what had happened, his conscience aroused, David said, “None ought to

1 CHRONICLES 15:1 TO 1 CHRONICLES 16:43. THE BRINGING UP OF THE ARK TO JERUSALEM (_cf._ 2 Samuel 6:12_ a_). The account given by the Chronicler is much more elaborate, stress being laid on the part played by the priests and Levites; they are not mentioned in 2 S. 1 CHRONICLES 15:2. _Cf._ Numbers 1:50; Numbers 4:15; Numbers 7:9;...

HEMAN. Samuel's grandson (a Kohathite). 1 Chronicles 2:6. ASAPH.. Gershonite. Compare 1 Chronicles 6:39, and 1 Kings 4:31. ETHAN, or Jeduthun.. Merarite. See the three Psalms connected with him (Psa 38:61, Psa 38:76)....

_Herman the son of Joel_ a descendant of Samuel the prophet; 1 Chronicles 6:33 (1 Chronicles 6:18, Heb.). Cp. Psalms 88 (title). As _Heman_was descended from Kohath, _Asaph_from Gershom, and _Ethan_from Merari, each division of the Levites was represented by a chief musician. _Heman_was king's seer (1 Chronicles 25:5). _Asaph the son of Berechiah_ a descendant of Gershom; 1 Chronicles 6:39-43 (24 28, Heb.). Asaph was the chief of the musicians;...