1 Chronicles 16:42
in 1 Chronicles 16Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
KJV
And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 16
Commentary
6 notes on this verseMusical instruments of God - Ad canendum Deo, “to sing to God.” - Vulgate. Των ωδων του Θεου, “of the sons of God.” - Septuagint. The Syriac is remarkable: “These were upright men who did not sing unto God with instruments of music, nor with drums, nor with listra, nor with straight nor crooked pipes, nor with cymbals; but they sang before the Lord Almighty with a joyous mouth, and with a pure and holy prayer, and with innocence and integrity.” The Arabic is nearly the same.
This site's exposition
Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest
on 1 Chronicles 16:41-42
Heman and Jeduthun join Asaph as the second and third of the three principal singers Chronicles will name in full at 1 Chr 6:33 and 25:1, their courses fixed at Gibeon rather than at Jerusalem. Their charge to give thanks to the LORD because his mercy endureth for ever carries the refrain verse 34 just planted out to the second site as well as the first. Trumpets, cymbals and what the text calls musical instruments of God accompany them, and Jeduthun's own sons serve there as porters just as Obed-edom's kin do before the ark.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Of God - Appropriated to the worship of God; not such as they used on other occasions. Between common mirth and holy joy, there is a vast difference: and the limits and distances between them must be carefully kept up.
And with them Heman and Jeduthun, with trumpets and cymbals,....
6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. It was a glorious day when the ark of God was safely lodged in the tent David had pitched for it. That good man had his heart much upon it, could not sleep contentedly till it was done, Ps. cxxxii.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaph and his brethren, &c.--The sequel of the chapter describes the appointment of the sacred musicians and their respective duties.
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The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעִמָּהֶם֩ | veimahem | and [were] with them | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| הֵימָ֨ן | heiman | Heman | H1968 → | 16 times |
| וִֽידוּת֜וּן | vidutun | and Jeduthun | H3038 → | 14 times |
| חֲצֹצְר֤וֹת | chatzotzerot | trumpets | H2689 → | 29 times |
| וּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙ | umetziltayim | and cymbals | H4700 → | 13 times |
| לְמַשְׁמִיעִ֔ים | lemashmiim | for [those who] sound aloud | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| וּכְלֵ֖י | ukhelei | and [the] instruments of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| שִׁ֣יר | shir | <the> song of | H7892 → | 59 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וּבְנֵ֥י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְדוּת֖וּן | yedutun | Jeduthun | H3038 → | 14 times |
| לַשָּֽׁעַר׃ | lashaar | [were] to the gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
וְעִמָּהֶם֩and [were] with them
veimahemH5973 →1050 times
הֵימָ֨ןHeman
heimanH1968 →16 times
וִֽידוּת֜וּןand Jeduthun
vidutunH3038 →14 times
חֲצֹצְר֤וֹתtrumpets
chatzotzerotH2689 →29 times
וּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙and cymbals
umetziltayimH4700 →13 times
לְמַשְׁמִיעִ֔יםfor [those who] sound aloud
lemashmiimH8085 →1159 times
וּכְלֵ֖יand [the] instruments of
ukheleiH3627 →325 times
שִׁ֣יר<the> song of
shirH7892 →59 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
וּבְנֵ֥יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
יְדוּת֖וּןJeduthun
yedutunH3038 →14 times
לַשָּֽׁעַר׃[were] to the gate
lashaarH8179 →374 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
it leads to
- Psalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
- Psalms 26:8–10
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Psalms 63:2
So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
- Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Romans 8:5–6
Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
- Psalms 27:4
Through
2 Chronicles 7:6The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 5:12
all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
- 2 Chronicles 7:3
When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and…
- 1 Chronicles 15:16–21
David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.