_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... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Which prophesied - i:e., in this connection, played with instruments. This metaphorical application of the term "prophesy" most p... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 the king's seer. The title of seer or prophet of David is also given to Gad (1 Chronicles 21:9), and to Jeduthun (2 Chronicles 29:15), in the w... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ All these were under the hands of their father. Asaph had four sons, Jeduthun si... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY CAST LOTS, WARD AGAINST WARD, AS WELL THE SMALL AS THE GREAT, THE TEACHER AS THE SCHOLAR._ They cast lots, ward against ward. "Ward" is an old English word for division or company. The lot was cast to determine the precedence of the classes or divisions over which the musical leaders pres... [ Continue Reading ]