1 Chronicles 25:5
in 1 Chronicles 25All 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.
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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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 25
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.”
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 Awakening3 voices
); but the psalms they sang were composed by the prophets, and many of them were prophetical; and the edification of the church was intended in it, as well as the glory of God. In Samuel's time singing the praises of God went by the name of prophesying ( 1 Sam. x. 20 ), and perhaps that is intended in what St. Paul calls prophesying, 1 Cor. xi.
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All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer,....
They invented to themselves instruments of music like David. The glory and honour of God were principally intended in all this temple-music, whether vocal or instrumental. It was to give thanks, and praise the Lord, that the singers were employed,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
To lift up the horn - “The horn of prophecy,” says Jarchi; “to sound with the trumpet in the words of prophecy before the Lord.” - T. Three daughters - These also were employed among the singers.
The words behind it
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֵ֨לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בָנִ֜ים | vanim | [were] sons | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| לְהֵימָ֗ן | leheiman | of Heman | H1968 → | 16 times |
| חֹזֵ֥ה | chozeh | [the] seer of | H2374 → | 17 times |
| הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בְּדִבְרֵ֥י | bedivrei | by [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לְהָרִ֣ים | leharim | to lift up | H7311 → | |
| קָ֑רֶן | karen | a horn | H7161 → | |
| וַיִּתֵּ֨ן | vaiyiten | and he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לְהֵימָ֗ן | leheiman | to Heman | H1968 → | 16 times |
| בָּנִ֛ים | banim | sons | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַרְבָּעָ֥ה | ʾarbaah | four- | H702 → | 318 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ר | ʾasar | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| וּבָנ֥וֹת | uvanot | and daughters | H1323 → | 588 times |
| שָׁלֽוֹשׁ׃ | shaloosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֵ֨לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
בָנִ֜ים[were] sons
vanimH1121 →4930 times
לְהֵימָ֗ןof Heman
leheimanH1968 →16 times
חֹזֵ֥ה[the] seer of
chozehH2374 →17 times
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
בְּדִבְרֵ֥יby [the] words of
bedivreiH1697 →1440 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
לְהָרִ֣יםto lift up
leharimH7311 →
קָ֑רֶןa horn
karenH7161 →
וַיִּתֵּ֨ןand he gave
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
לְהֵימָ֗ןto Heman
leheimanH1968 →16 times
בָּנִ֛יםsons
banimH1121 →4930 times
אַרְבָּעָ֥הfour-
ʾarbaahH702 →318 times
עָשָׂ֖רteen
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
וּבָנ֥וֹתand daughters
uvanotH1323 →588 times
שָׁלֽוֹשׁ׃three
shalooshH7969 →432 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
Isaiah 8:18Here 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.
it 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…
- Hebrews 2:13–14
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.)
it 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 separate 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.
- 1 Chronicles 29:29
Through
1 Chronicles 21:9And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,
it 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 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 9:9
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.