1 Chronicles 15
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1 Chronicles 15:17-24

17So 1the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah, 18and with them their relatives of the second rank, Zechariah, 2Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. 19So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze; 20and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah, with 3harps tuned to 4alamoth; 21and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel and Azaziah, to lead with 5lyres tuned to 6the sheminith. 22Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skillful. 23Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark. 24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, 7blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah also were gatekeepers for the ark.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Chronicles 15:17 1 Chr 25:1 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Chronicles 15:18 Omitted in Gr and many mss ↩
  3. 3. 1 Chronicles 15:20 Or harps of maiden-like tone ↩
  4. 4. 1 Chronicles 15:20 Ps 46: title ↩
  5. 5. 1 Chronicles 15:21 Or octave harps ↩
  6. 6. 1 Chronicles 15:21 Ps 6: title ↩
  7. 7. 1 Chronicles 15:24 1 Chr 15:28; 16:6 ↩

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