1 Chronicles 25:1

_MOREOVER DAVID AND THE CAPTAINS OF THE HOST SEPARATED TO THE SERVICE OF THE SONS OF ASAPH, AND OF HEMAN, AND OF JEDUTHUN, WHO SHOULD PROPHESY WITH HARPS, WITH PSALTERIES, AND WITH CYMBALS: AND THE NUMBER OF THE WORKMEN ACCORDING TO THEIR SERVICE WAS:_ David and the captains of the host - i:e., the princes (1 Chronicles 23:2; 1 Chronicles 24:6). It is probable that the king was attended on the occasion of arranging the singers by the same parties that are mentioned as having assisted him in regulating the order of the priests and Levites. WHO SHOULD PROPHESY WITH HARPS ... х_ HANIB'IYM_ (H5012), chanting, praising God with sacred songs (cf....

CHAPTER XXV _The number and offices of the singers and players on musical_ _instruments; and their division by lot into_ twenty-four _courses_, 1-31. NOTES ON CHAP. XXV Verse 1 Chronicles 25:1. _DAVID AND THE CAPTAINS OF THE HOST_] The chiefs of those who formed the several orders: not _military_ captains. _SHOULD PROPHESY_] Should accompany their musical instruments with prayer and singing....

THE CAPTAINS OF THE HOST - Rather, “the princes” of 1 Chronicles 23:2; 1 Chronicles 24:6....

EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 25:1 The families of the three chiefs in song. 1 CHRONICLES 25:1 The twenty-four courses of those who were to be engaged in the temple service as singers and musicians fill up this chapter. They are to be taken from the three great families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun. For THE CAPTAINS OF THE HOST, as designating those who superintended the order of temple worship, see 1 Chronicles 22:17; 1Ch 23:2; 1 Chronicles 24:6; as also...

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:...

4. THE SINGERS AND MUSICIANS OF THE TEMPLE CHAPTER 25 _ 1. Sons of Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman (1 Chronicles 25:1)_ 2. Their division by Lot into twenty-four (1 Chronicles 25:8) As we have seen before, Asaph, Jeduthun (Ethan) and Heman were the master leaders in song and music; their service was eminently spiritual, for we read “they should prophesy.” Heman especially is called the king's seer in the words of God. This is a significant expression. How much there is in what is termed “worship”, which has nothing whatever of the words of God in it. In most of the songs used in our times there is little of the words of God and many contain unscriptural and sentimental phrases. Israel's worship in song and music was to be spiritual, prophesying and in the words

THE TEMPLE SINGERS AND MUSICIANS. The musicians, according to the Chronicler, also consisted of twenty-four courses. 1 Chronicles 25:1. Asaph... HEMAN. JEDUTHUN: see note on 1 Chronicles 15:17. WHO SHOULD PROPHESY WITH HARPS...: according to the Chronicler the Temple musician ranked with the prophet; but he had authority for doing so, since it is evident from 1 Samuel 10:5 f. that the playing of musical instruments was associated with the prophetic office. In 2 Chronicles 20:14 it is said that the spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel, one of the sons of Asaph....

CAPTAINS OF THE HOST. the heads of the Temple service. This word "host" applied to Levites in Numbers 4:3. Rendered "service" (margin _warfare)_ in Numbers 4:23; Numbers 4:30; Numbers 4:35; Numbers 4:39; Numbers 4:43; Numbers 8:24. JEDUTHUN. Probably another name for Ethan. See note on 1 Chro

1 Chronicles 25:1-7. The Families of the Singers 1. _Moreover David_ Render, AND DAVID. _separated_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 23:13, note. _to the service of the sons of Asaph_ R.V. FOR THE SERVICE CERTAIN OF THE SONS OF ASAPH. _psalteries_ See 1 Chronicles 13:8, note. _of the workmen_ R.V. OF THEM THAT DID THE WORK....

SHOULD PROPHESY— 1:e. Sing prophesies or sacred hymns, composed by the prophets, in the temple of God. See Numbers 11:25. _The captains of the host,_ at the beginning of this verse, is rendered very properly by Houbigant, _the chiefs,_ or _heads of the orders in the ministry;_ those priests, whom David had lately appointed and divided into four-and-twenty classes; and not, as some have absurdly supposed, the commanders of the army, who certainly could have nothing to do with the appointment of singers for the temple. In the third verse the sons of Jeduthun are said to be _six,_ though _five_ only are enumerated. _Shimei,_ mentioned in the 17th verse, is supplied in the Arabic version....