1 Chronicles 25:5 BSB

1 Chronicles 25:5

All these sons of Heman the king’s seer were given him through the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

BSB

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ASV

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.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

To 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.”

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֵ֨לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
בָנִ֜ים	va.Nim	[were] sons	H1121 →
לְהֵימָ֗ן	le.hei.Man	of Heman	H1968 →
חֹזֵ֥ה	cho.Zeh	[the] seer of	H2374 →
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
בְּדִבְרֵ֥י	be.div.Rei	by [the] words of	H1697 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
לְהָרִ֣ים	le.ha.Rim	to lift up	H7311 →
קָ֑רֶן	Ka.ren	a horn	H7161 →
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he gave	H5414 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
לְהֵימָ֗ן	le.hei.Man	to Heman	H1968 →
בָּנִ֛ים	ba.Nim	sons	H1121 →
אַרְבָּעָ֥ה	'ar.ba.'Ah	four-	H702 →
עָשָׂ֖ר	'a.Sar	teen	H6240 →
וּבָנ֥וֹת	u.va.Not	and daughters	H1323 →
שָׁלֽוֹשׁ׃	sha.Lo.osh	three	H7969 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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
Isaiah 8:18
Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
leads to
- Hebrews 2:13–14
  And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
- Luke 2:34
  Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken…
- Zechariah 8:3
  This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be…
Through
1 Samuel 9:9
(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 29:29
  Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 30:10
  They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
- 1 Chronicles 26:28
  Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of…
- Amos 7:12
  And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.
Through
1 Chronicles 21:9
And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:9
  (Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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06About 1 Chronicles

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