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1 Chronicles 25:4

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From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Of Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.

KJV

Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti–ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 25

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Of Heman: the sons of Heman,.... The third chief singer: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel; the same with Azareel, 1Ch 25:18. Shebuel; called Shubael, 1Ch 25:20. and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth; in all fourteen, to whom came the sixth, ninth, eleventh, fifteenth, sixteenth, eighteenth, twentieth, twenty second, twenty fourth, seventeenth, nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty third lots, 1Ch 25:13.

This site's exposition

Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel

on 1 Chronicles 25:4-6

Heman carries a title Chronicles elsewhere gives to Gad, the king's seer in the words of God, so the man who leads the sacred music stands in the same office the book gives its prophets. His fourteen sons and three daughters are folded whole into the choir, set under his hand for song in the house of the LORD with cymbals, psalteries and harps. One king's order binds all three houses, Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman, into a single service rather than three separate guilds.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), who were all qualified for the service and called to it. But the question was, In what order must they serve? This was determined by lot, to prevent strife for precedency, a sin which most easily besets many that otherwise are good people.

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How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

and Mattithiah - six But you will find only five. [The answer is that] his wife was pregnant with Shimei, and he saw through the holy spirit that he too was destined to be the chief of a watch; therefore he says “six.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 25:3:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • לְהֵימָ֑ןfor Heman

    leheimanH1968 →16 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • הֵימָ֡ןHeman

    heimanH1968 →16 times

  • בֻּקִּיָּ֡הוּBukkiah

    bukiyahuH1232 →

  • מַתַּנְיָ֡הוּMattaniah

    matanyahuH4983 →16 times

  • עֻ֠זִּיאֵלUzziel

    ʾuzielH5816 →16 times

  • שְׁבוּאֵ֨לShebuel

    shevuelH7619 →6 times

  • וִֽירִימ֜וֹתand Jerimoth

    virimotH3406 →13 times

  • חֲנַנְיָ֣הHananiah

    chananyahH2608 →29 times

  • חֲנָ֗נִיHanani

    chananiH2607 →

  • אֱלִיאָ֤תָהEliathah

    ʾeliatahH448 →

  • גִדַּ֙לְתִּי֙Giddalti

    gidaltiH1437 →

  • וְרֹמַ֣מְתִּיand Romamti-

    veromamtiH7320 →4 times

  • עֶ֔זֶרEzer

    ʾezerH7320 →4 times

  • יָשְׁבְּקָ֣שָׁהJoshbekashah

    yashebekashahH3436 →

  • מַלּ֔וֹתִיMallothi

    malotiH4413 →

  • הוֹתִ֖ירHothir

    hotirH1956 →

  • מַחֲזִיאֽוֹת׃Mahazioth

    machaziotH4238 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Chronicles 25:30the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;2 worksPsalms 88:1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.2 works1 Chronicles 25:28the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;2 works1 Chronicles 6:33These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites:2 works1 Chronicles 25:22the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;2 works1 Chronicles 15:17So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;2 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Chronicles 15:19The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.2 works1 Chronicles 16:41–42With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”2 works1 Chronicles 24:30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites, according to their families.2 works1 Chronicles 24:20Now these were the remaining descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael; from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.2 works1 Chronicles 24:24From the sons of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah: Shamir.2 worksNumbers 3:18These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.2 worksNumbers 3:19The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.2 works1 Chronicles 25:20the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 88:1

    O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 12:2

      Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

    • Psalms 22:2

      I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

    • Luke 18:7

      Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?

    • Psalms 86:3

      Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.

    • 1 Kings 4:31

      He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 6:33

    These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites:

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 6:28

      The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:17

      So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

    • 1 Samuel 1:28

      I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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