Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Chronicles 6:39
Asaph is here called Heman's brother, both by birth, being of the same tribe and father, Levi; and by his office and employment, which was thee same with his.
Asaph is here called Heman's brother, both by birth, being of the same tribe and father, Levi; and by his office and employment, which was thee same with his.
Verse 39. _ASAPH_] This person, with _Heman_, the sons of _Kora,_ _Ethan, Jeduthun_, c., are celebrated in these books, and in the Psalms, for their skill in singing, and the part they performed in th...
The genealogies of David’s three chief singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan or Jeduthun. 1 Chronicles 6:32 THEY WAITED ON THEIR OFFICE - On the establishment and continuance of the choral service in the...
4. LEVI CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The high-priestly line (1 Chronicles 6:1)_ 2. Levitical genealogies (1 Chronicles 6:16) 3. David's chief musicians (1 Chronicles 6:31) The
PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, o...
HIS BROTHER ASAPH: i.e. his brother in service. Fifteen generations....
_AND HIS BROTHER ASAPH, WHO STOOD ON HIS RIGHT HAND, EVEN ASAPH THE SON OF BERACHIAH, THE SON OF SHIMEA,_ His brother Asaph. They were brothers naturally, both being descended from Levi, as well as o...
GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter records the descendants of Levi, traces the line of the high priests to the captivity, and enumerates the cities of the Priests and Levites....
HIS BROTHER] i.e. kinsman, or perhaps fellow-craftsman, both being singers:...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 6 The *tribe of Levi –...
(39-43) The pedigree of Asaph the Gershonite, traced back through thirteen names to Levi. That of Heman names twenty ancestors for the same period of time. This is one more illustration of the common...
HIS BROTHER ASAPH. — Asaph was Heman’s brother (1) as a Levite; (2) as a choir-master. The striking agreement of the line of Heman with that of the Kohathites, detailed in 1 Chronicles 6:22 above, has...
_[1 Chronicles 6:24]_ וְ אָחִ֣יו אָסָ֔ף הָ עֹמֵ֖ד...
In this whole chapter, consisting of eighty-one verses, the one subject is the priestly tribe. This in itself reveals the standard from which the history was written. Judah, the kingly tribe, is the o...
And his brother (h) Asaph, who stood on his right hand, [even] Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, (h) Meaning, the son of Heman, (1 Chronicles 6:33)....
_Brother, or relation, though of the family of Gerson. He also followed the same profession as Ethan did, ver. 44._...
These verses give us the relation of the order respecting the psalmody in the house of the Lord. David himself is stilled, the sweet Psalmist of Israel: and it appears, from what is here said, that he...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6, 7, 8, AND 9. In the genealogies of Levi (chap. 6) we see, first of all, the line of high priests until the captivity; and then the Levites, their services...
Ver. 39-43. AND HIS BROTHER ASAPH,.... That is, Heman's brother; so Asaph was, as he was a descendant from the same original ancestor Levi, yet in the line of Gershon; and as being of the same office,...
_His brother Asaph_ Asaph is here called Heman's brother, according to the Hebrew phraseology, by which all near relations are brothers; and because he was of the same office and employment....
1 The sonnes of Leui. 4 The line of the Priests vnto the captiuitie. 16 The families of Gershom, Merari, and Kohath. 49 The office of Aaron and his line vnto Ahimaaz. 54 The cities of the Priests...
And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, during the chanting in the Tabernacle and Temple services, EVEN ASAPH, THE SON OF BERACHIAH, THE SON OF SHIMEA,...
THE LINE OF PRIESTS TO THE CAPTIVITY...
1 Chronicles 6:39 brother H251 Asaph H623 stood H5975 (H8802) hand H3225 Asaph H623 son H1121 Berachiah H1296
CONTENTS: Sons of Levi. Cities of the priests and Levites. CHARACTERS: Gershom, Kohath, Merari, Aaron, Moses and Miriam. CONCLUSION: There is always abundance of service to be done by God's children...
1 Chronicles 6:4. _Eleazar begat Phinehas._ A correct table of the Jewish highpriests would be very desirable to every lover of sacred literature. The best list I can collect is as follows: Aaron, Ele...
1 CHRONICLES 6:1 The Tribe of Levi. Levi is placed at the center of the Chronicler’s ideal conception of Israel (see diagram in note on 1 Chronicles 1:1). The Davidic monarchy and the Jerusalem temple...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 6:31 For the Levites whom David PUT IN CHARGE OF THE SERVICE OF SONG (v. 1 Chronicles 6:31), their leaders were
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter refers wholly to tribe of Levi. Gives the family of Aaron, 1 Chronicles 6:1; the descendants of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari, 1 Chronicles 6:16; the pedigrees of the song-...
EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 6:1 The tribe of Levi is now taken. The first three verses prepare the way for running rapidly down the line of high priest descent, from Aaron's son Eleazar to Jehozadak, who...
Now in chapter six, we now get to the tribe of Levi from which was the priestly tribe. [And the three sons which made the major families within the tribe of] Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. An...
1 Chronicles 15:17; 1 Chronicles 15:17; 1 Chronicles 15:23; 1 Chronicles 15:24;...