To excel — Which word may be added to note the excellency of that instrument, or part of musick; or that there was a greater extension or elevation of the voice than in the former. This way of praising God by musical instruments, had not hitherto been in use. But David instituted it by divine direction, and added it to the other ordinances of that dispensation.
Verse 1 Chronicles 15:21. _ON THE SHEMINITH_] According to the Targum, this signifies an instrument that sounded an _octave_, or, according to others, an instrument with _eight_ strings. The Syriac a...
HARPS ON THE SHEMINITH - “Sheminith” properly means “the eighth,” and has been compared with the modern musical term “octave.” Further, “Sheminith” and “Alamoth” are regarded as contrasted, and the ha...
; 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
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
SHEMINITH. _the_ eighth. (See App-65.) TO EXCEL. to lead....
_Azaziah_ a name not found in 1 Chronicles 15:18. _on the Sheminith to excel_) R.V. SET TO THE SHEMINITH TO LEAD. Cp. Psalms 6 (title, R.V. mg.)....
LESSON SEVEN 15-16 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT BROUGHT TO JERUSALEM DAVID'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING THE MINISTERS AND WORSHIP 8. BRINGING THE ARK TO JERUSALEM (15-16) INTRODUCTION The completion of the mo...
_AND MATTITHIAH, AND ELIPHELEH, AND MIKNEIAH, AND OBEDEDOM, AND JEIEL, AND AZAZIAH, WITH HARPS ON THE SHEMINITH TO EXCEL._ Mattithiah ... with harps on the Sheminith to excel. Gesenius rendered it, '...
15:21 Sheminith (c-17) Lit. 'eighth,' probably the bass octave, Psalms 6 , title....
THE TRANSPORT OF THE ARK TO JERUSALEM This chapter is parallel to 2 Samuel 6:12, but contains much new matter respecting the Levites who bare the ark, and the singers....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 15 The *ark comes to Jerusalem –...
(19-21) The minstrels named in 1 Chronicles 15:17, classified according to their instruments....
The six lute-players. WITH HARPS ON THE SHEMINITH. — “With lutes (or lyres) in the bass.” Literally, _after the mode of the eighth_ — i.e., an octave below the tenor — _al ottava bassa._ TO EXCEL. —...
וּ מַתִּתְיָ֣הוּ וֶ אֱלִֽיפְלֵ֗הוּ וּ מִקְנֵיָ֨הוּ֙...
DAVID 1. HIS TRIBE AND DYNASTY KING and kingdom were so bound up in ancient life that an ideal for the one implied an ideal for the other: all distinction and glory possessed by either was shared by...
From this account of bringing the Ark from the house of Obed-edom into the city, it is evident that David had learned the lesson which the death of Uzzah was intended to teach. He declared that the wo...
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the (k) Sheminith to excel. (k) Which was the eighth tune, over which he that was most excellent had c...
Ozaziu does not occur before. Septuagint have Ozias both here and [in] ver. 18, after Jehiel. (Haydock) --- Of victory, such as was customary on the like occasions. --- For the octave. Hebrew hashemin...
We have a much more circumstantial account in this chapter, concerning the bringing up of the ark, than was given in the former. David's preparing a place for the reception of the ark, before he fetch...
He makes himself houses in Jerusalem, and prepares a place for the ark of God, pitching a tent for it. Warned by the calamity [1] which his neglect had brought upon Uzza, the first time he undertook t...
AND MATTITHIAH, AND ELIPHELEH, AND MIKNEIAH, AND OBEDEDOM, AND JEIEL, AND AZAZIAH,.... These six were appointed to sound: WITH HARPS ON THE SHEMINITH TO EXCEL; which Sheminith some take to be an harp...
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. Ver. 21. _Upon Sheminith._] _See Trapp on "_ Psa 6:1 _" Title_...
_With harps on Sheminith_ Some think Sheminith signifies a harp with eight strings. But perhaps, as was said of Alamoth, it might be the name of a tune, or note, or part in music. Or it might be the b...
1 Dauid hauing prepared a place for the Arke, ordereth the Priestes and Leuites to bring it from Obed-Edom. 25 Hee perfourmeth the solemnitie thereof with great ioy. 29 Michal despiseth him. 1 AND...
LIST OF THE CHIEF MEN PARTAKING...
and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel, literally, "on the octave to lead," for these harps or lutes carried the melod...
SHEMINITH: Or, on the eight to oversee...
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;...
SEE POOLE ON "1 CHRONICLES 15:20". TO EXCEL: the word may be here added to note the excellency of that instrument, or note, or part of music; or that there was a greater extension or elevation of the...
1 Chronicles 15:21 Mattithiah H4993 Elipheleh H466 Mikneiah H4737 Obed-Edom H5654 Jeiel H3273 Azaziah H5812 direct H5329 ...
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 t...
CONTENTS: Ark brought to Jerusalem in the appointed way. CHARACTERS: God, David, Zadok, Abiathar, Michael, Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel. CONCLUSION: It is not enough that we seek God in a du...
1 Chronicles 15:2. _None ought to carry the ark of God but the levites;_ and they were enjoined to carry it by staves, and on their shoulders. This plainly suggests the reason of God's awful displeasu...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 15:1 The relatively brief account of the second mission to bring the ark to Jerusalem (see 2 Samuel 6:12) has been expanded here. David appoints the Levit
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 15:17 OBED-EDOM (vv. 1 Chronicles 15:18,...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The bulk of this chapter consists of new matter, which the writer of Chronicles found in his authorities, and regarding as important for his purpose, introduced at this point into the...
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...
In chapter sixteen, They brought the ark of the covenant, and they set it in the midst of the tent, the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and they offered the burnt sacrifices and the peace o...
1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 16:5; 1 Chronicles 25:6; 1 Chronicles 25:7;...