1 Chronicles 9:33
in 1 Chronicles 9Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And these are the singers, heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night.
KJV
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The singers - No names follow, and it is thought that they have fallen out. Were free - “Free,” i. e. from any special duties besides those of supervision, which was so arranged among the overseers that someone exercised it during every part of both day and night.
This site's exposition
bring them in and out by tale
on 1 Chronicles 9:28-34
Duties divide by trust rather than rank: some Levites count the ministering vessels in and out by tale, others oversee the sanctuary's instruments, flour, wine, oil, frankincense and spices, and only the sons of the priests may make the anointing ointment itself, a restriction Ex 30:34-38 sets by name. Verse 32 adds the Kohathites' weekly charge of the showbread, prepared fresh every sabbath for the table before the ark, and verse 33 sets the singers apart from every other duty, free because they were employed in that work day and night. The gatekeepers guard entry, the priests guard the ointment, and the singers guard the hours, three trusts inside one house.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
That work - Either composing or ordering sacred songs; or actually singing; or teaching others to sing them. Day and night - Continually, and particularly in the morning and evening, the two times appointed for solemn service. Thus was God continually praised, as it is fit he should be, who is continually doing us good.
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites,....
They remained in the chambers of the temple, that they might closely and constantly attend it, and were therefore excused from all other services. It should seem, some companies were continually singing, at least at stated hours, both day and night. Thus was God continually praised, as it is fit he should be who is continually doing good.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֣לֶּה | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| הַ֠מְשֹׁרְרִים | hamshorerim | the singers | H7891 → | 86 times |
| רָאשֵׁ֨י | rashei | [the] chiefs of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| אָב֧וֹת | ʾavot | fathers | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לַלְוִיִּ֛ם | lalviyim | of the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| בַּלְּשָׁכֹ֖ת | baleshakhot | [were] in the rooms | H3957 → | 47 times |
| פְּטוּרִ֑ים | petirim | set free | H6362 → | |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יוֹמָ֥ם | yomam | by day | H3119 → | |
| וָלַ֛יְלָה | valaylah | and night | H3915 → | |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾaleihem | [was] on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בַּמְּלָאכָֽה׃ | bamelakhah | in the work | H4399 → | 167 times |
וְאֵ֣לֶּהand these
veelehH428 →746 times
הַ֠מְשֹׁרְרִיםthe singers
hamshorerimH7891 →86 times
רָאשֵׁ֨י[the] chiefs of
rasheiH7218 →599 times
אָב֧וֹתfathers
ʾavotH1 →1212 times
לַלְוִיִּ֛םof the Levites
lalviyimH3881 →291 times
בַּלְּשָׁכֹ֖ת[were] in the rooms
baleshakhotH3957 →47 times
פְּטוּרִ֑יםset free
petirimH6362 →
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יוֹמָ֥םby day
yomamH3119 →
וָלַ֛יְלָהand night
valaylahH3915 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם[was] on them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
בַּמְּלָאכָֽה׃in the work
bamelakhahH4399 →167 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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); 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.