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1 Chronicles 6:31-3
(16, 17 according to the Heb. division). David's Singers
31. the ark had rest i.e. was brought into the city of David for a permanent resting-place.
(16, 17 according to the Heb. division). David's Singers
31. the ark had rest i.e. was brought into the city of David for a permanent resting-place.
Verse 31. _AFTER THAT THE ARK HAD REST._] The Targum says, "These are they whom David set over the service of the singing, in the house of the sanctuary, or tabernacle of the Lord, at the time in whic...
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...
SERVICE. the hands: hands being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the work done by them. ARK HAD REST. See 1 Chronicles 16:1, notes on 1 Chronicles 13:3, and Exodus 25:22....
_AND THESE ARE THEY WHOM DAVID SET OVER THE SERVICE OF SONG IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AFTER THAT THE ARK HAD REST._ These are they whom David set over the service of song. The sons of Korah, Asaph, H...
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....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 6 The *tribe of Levi –...
SET OVER THE SERVICE OF SONG. — Literally, _made stand by the sides_ (_hands_)_ of song,_ as if to minister to the sacred music. (Comp. 1 Chronicles 25:2, where the same peculiar phrase recurs, and Ps...
_[1 Chronicles 6:16]_ וְ אֵ֗לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶעֱמִ֥יד דָּוִ֛יד
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 these [are they] whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had (f) rest. (f) After it was brought to the place where the temple would be built and was n...
The singing. Hebrew, "the hands or places of the canticle," the two tribunes on each side of the altar. Heman presided over the band in the middle, while Asaph directed those on the right, and Ethan t...
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...
AND THESE ARE THEY,.... Who follow; the account of whom begins 1 Chronicles 6:33, WHOM DAVID SET OVER THE SERVICE OF THE SONG IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: whom he appointed chief musicians, and masters...
_And these_ Whose names follow, _are they whom David set over the service_ Appointed to minister to God by singing songs of praise in his house; _after that the ark had rest_ After David had brought i...
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...
THE LINE OF PRIESTS TO THE CAPTIVITY...
And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, in the tent which he had erected in Jerusalem, AFTER THAT THE ARK HAD REST, its transfer to Jerusalem having been c...
THESE ARE THEY, whose names here follow. THE SERVICE, Heb. _the hands_. _Hand_ put for _ministry_ or _service_, which is commonly performed by the hand. Thus God is frequently said to speak or command...
1 Chronicles 6:31 David H1732 appointed H5975 (H8689) service H3027 song H7892 house H1004 LORD H3068 ark H727
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...
_And these are they whom David let over the service of song lit the house of the Lord._ THE MINISTRY OF SONG I. Song an element of Christian worship. II. Song an expression of human feeling. III....
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 15:16; 1 Chronicles 15:27; 1 Chronicles 16:1; 1 Chronicles 25:1;...