1 Chronicles 16:5 BSB

1 Chronicles 16:5

Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals

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ASV

Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;

KJV

Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed–edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Asaph the chief,.... Of those that were now appointed: otherwise, of the three principal singers, Heman was the chief, and Asaph next, 1Ch 6:33. and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, with psalteries, and with harps; to play upon them before the ark at the same time the psalms and songs were vocally sung; the above persons are such as are named before, 1Ch 15:18, but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; he struck and played upon them, see 1Ch 15:19.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָסָ֥ף	'a.Saf	Asaph	H623 →
הָרֹ֖אשׁ	ha.Rosh	[was] the chief	H7218 →
וּמִשְׁנֵ֣הוּ	u.mish.Ne.hu	and [was] second his	H4932 →
זְכַרְיָ֑ה	ze.khar.Yah	Zechariah	H2148 →
יְעִיאֵ֡ל	ye.'i.'El	Jeiel	H3273 →
וּשְׁמִֽירָמ֡וֹת	u.she.mi.ra.Mot	and Shemiramoth	H8070 →
וִֽיחִיאֵ֡ל	vi.chi.'El	and Jehiel	H3171 →
וּמַתִּתְיָ֡ה	u.ma.tit.Yah	and Mattithiah	H4993 →
וֶאֱלִיאָ֡ב	ve.'e.li.'Av	and Eliab	H446 →
וּבְנָיָהוּ֩	u.ve.na.ya.Hu	and Benaiah	H1141 →
וְעֹבֵ֨ד	ve.'o.Ved	and Obed-	H5654 →
אֱדֹ֜ם	'e.Dom	Edom	H5654 →
וִֽיעִיאֵ֗ל	vi.'i.'El	and Jeiel	H3273 →
בִּכְלֵ֤י	bikh.Lei	with instruments of	H3627 →
נְבָלִים֙	ne.va.Lim	lyres	H5035 →
וּבְכִנֹּר֔וֹת	u.ve.khi.no.Rot	and with harps	H3658 →
וְאָסָ֖ף	ve.'a.Saf	and Asaph	H623 →
בַּֽמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם	bam.tzil.Ta.yim	with <the> cymbals	H4700 →
מַשְׁמִֽיעַ׃	mash.Mi.a'	[was] sounding aloud	H8085 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 29:25
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 8:14
  In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests…
- 1 Chronicles 23:5
  4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
- 2 Chronicles 35:15
  The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave…
- 1 Chronicles 16:4–5
  David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–7
  Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list…
Through
1 Chronicles 6:39
Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand:
leads to
- Nehemiah 7:44
  The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148.
- Ezra 2:41
  The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 128.
- 2 Chronicles 29:13
  Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites; Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;