American Standard Version
1 Chronicles 25:5
5All 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.
1 Chronicles 25:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)(All these were sons of Heman the king’s seer. They were given him through the promises of God to exalt him. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.)
- English Standard Version (ESV)All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
- New King James Version (NKJV)All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to exalt his horn. For God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Context of 1 Chronicles 25:5
3Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Jehovah. 4Of Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 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. 6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king. 7And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 251 Chronicles 25:5 word by word
כָּל־אֵ֨לֶּה בָנִ֜ים לְהֵימָ֗ן חֹזֵ֥ה הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ בְּדִבְרֵ֥י הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים לְהָרִ֣ים קָ֑רֶן וַיִּתֵּ֨ן הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים לְהֵימָ֗ן בָּנִ֛ים אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר וּבָנ֥וֹת שָׁלֽוֹשׁ׃Read the interlinear
- sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- Hemanהֵימָןhêymân · HemanH1968
- king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- seerחֹזֶהchôzeh · seerH2374
- wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: promisedH1697
- Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- liftרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
- hornקֶ֫רֶןqeren · hornH7161
- gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 25:5
- 1 Chronicles 6:33And these are they that waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
- 1 Chronicles 15:17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
- 1 Chronicles 16:41and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because his lovingkindness endureth for ever;
- Psalms 88:1O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
- 1 Chronicles 25:13the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:16the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:18the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 24:24The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
- 1 Chronicles 25:20for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 24:20And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
- 1 Chronicles 25:22for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 24:30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers’ houses.
- 1 Chronicles 25:23for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:25for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:27for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 25:29for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 25:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5To lift up the horn - "The horn of prophecy," says Jarchi; "to sound with the trumpet in the words of prophecy before the Lord." - T. Three daughters - These also were employed among the singers.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5To lift up the horn - Some take this literally, and consider that Heman and his sons played on the born in the musical services; but there is no other evidence that the horn was so employed. Perhaps the most probable explanation is that it has been transferred from the next clause, where (as here) it followed the word “God,” with the sense that “God, to exalt Heman‘s horn (or, increase his dignity), gave him fourteen sons and three daughters.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-7The musicians from King David's time are listed by their families: Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Heman the king's seer--The title of "seer" or "prophet of David" is also given to Gad (1Ch 21:9), and to Jeduthun (2Ch 29:14, 15), in the words (Margin, "matters") of God. to lift up the horn--that is, to blow loudly in the worship of God; or perhaps it means nothing more than that he presided over the wind instruments, as Jeduthun over the harp. Heman had been appointed at first to serve at Gibeon (1Ch 16:41). But his destination seems to have been…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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