1 Chronicles 6:33
in 1 Chronicles 6These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And these are they that waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
KJV
And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd these are they that waited with their children,.... They and their posterity, who officiated in the service of singing psalms in the sanctuary: the three heads of them were of the three families of the Levites, as follow: of the sons of the Kohathites, Heman a singer; the chief of the singers, and who composed psalms and hymns, which are in the book of Psalms: the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel; or Samuel.
This site's exposition
the service of song
on 1 Chronicles 6:31-48
David set the singers apart only after the ark had rest, and their genealogies are traced with unusual care: Heman from Kohath's line back to Samuel and Korah, Asaph from Gershom's line standing at his right hand, and Ethan from Merari's line standing at his left. These three names stand behind dozens of Psalm titles, and Edersheim's Temple work traces the office to the Levitical standing recorded here rather than to any priestly rank. The Levites without a gift for song were not set aside; they were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle, the roles Aaron's sons alone could not fill.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were the three that were appointed to this service, one of each of the three houses of the Levites, that there might be an equality in the distribution of this work and honour, and that every one might know his post, such an admirable order was there in this choir service. Of the house of Kohath was Heman with his family (
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), a man of a sorrowful spirit, if it be the same Heman that penned the 88th psalm , and yet a singer. He was the grandson of Samuel the prophet, the son of Joel, of whom it is said that he walked not in the ways of Samuel ( 1 Sam. viii.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Shemuel--that is, Samuel. This is the exact representation of the Hebrew name.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֥לֶּה | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| הָעֹמְדִ֖ים | haomedim | [were] the [ones who] stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
| וּבְנֵיהֶ֑ם | uveneihem | and descendants their | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מִבְּנֵי֙ | mibenei | from [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַקְּהָתִ֔י | hakehati | the Kohathite[s] | H6956 → | 15 times |
| הֵימָן֙ | heiman | Heman | H1968 → | 16 times |
| הַמְשׁוֹרֵ֔ר | hamshorer | the singer | H7891 → | 86 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יוֹאֵ֖ל | yoel | Joel | H3100 → | 20 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃ | shemuel | Samuel | H8050 → | 141 times |
וְאֵ֥לֶּהand these
veelehH428 →746 times
הָעֹמְדִ֖ים[were] the [ones who] stood
haomedimH5975 →521 times
וּבְנֵיהֶ֑םand descendants their
uveneihemH1121 →4930 times
מִבְּנֵי֙from [the] descendants of
mibeneiH1121 →4930 times
הַקְּהָתִ֔יthe Kohathite[s]
hakehatiH6956 →15 times
הֵימָן֙Heman
heimanH1968 →16 times
הַמְשׁוֹרֵ֔רthe singer
hamshorerH7891 →86 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
יוֹאֵ֖לJoel
yoelH3100 →20 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃Samuel
shemuelH8050 →141 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
1 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;
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 6:39
Heman’s kinsman was Asaph, who served at his right hand:
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 6:44
On the left were their kinsmen, the sons of Merari:
- 1 Chronicles 6:39
Through
1 Chronicles 6:28The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 8:2
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 8:2
Through
2 Chronicles 5:12all 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.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 15:24
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
- 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 7:6
The 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…
- Psalms 92:3
with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
- 1 Chronicles 15:24
Through
1 Chronicles 15:19The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 25:6
All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and…
- 1 Chronicles 25:6
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.