New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Chronicles 15:8-22
8of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and two hundred of his relatives; 9of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and eighty of his relatives; 10of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and 112 of his relatives.
11Then David called for the priests 1Zadok and 2Abiathar, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab; 12and he said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites; 3consecrate yourselves, you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel 4to the place that I have prepared for it. 135Because you did not carry it at the first, the Lord our God made an outburst against us, since we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.” 146So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. 15The sons of 7the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles on them, just as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the Lord.
16Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites 8to appoint their relatives as the singers, with musical instruments, harps, lyres, and cymbals, playing to raise sounds of joy. 17So 9the 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, 10Ben, 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 harps tuned to 1112alamoth; 21and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, to lead with 13lyres tuned to 14the sheminith. 22Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skillful.
Notes
- 1. 1 Chronicles 15:11 1 Chr 12:28 ↩
- 2. 1 Chronicles 15:11 1 Sam 22:20-23; 1 Kin 2:26, 35 ↩
- 3. 1 Chronicles 15:12 Ex 19:14, 15; 2 Chr 35:6 ↩
- 4. 1 Chronicles 15:12 1 Chr 15:1, 3 ↩
- 5. 1 Chronicles 15:13 2 Sam 6:3; 1 Chr 13:7 ↩
- 6. 1 Chronicles 15:14 1 Chr 15:12 ↩
- 7. 1 Chronicles 15:15 Ex 25:14; Num 4:5f ↩
- 8. 1 Chronicles 15:16 1 Chr 13:8; 25:1 ↩
- 9. 1 Chronicles 15:17 1 Chr 25:1 ↩
- 10. 1 Chronicles 15:18 Omitted in LXX and many mss ↩
- 11. 1 Chronicles 15:20 Or perhaps the pitch of young girls ↩
- 12. 1 Chronicles 15:20 Ps 46: title ↩
- 13. 1 Chronicles 15:21 Or octave ↩
- 14. 1 Chronicles 15:21 Ps 6: title ↩
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 15
- 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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