1Ch 15:16-21 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers , with instruments of music , harps , lyres , loud-sounding cymbals , to raise sounds of joy .

e Ps 46: title

g Ps 6: title

1 Chronicles 15:16-21

16 Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites ^ato appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. 17 So ^bthe Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah, 18 and with them their relatives of the second rank, Zechariah, ^{▼▼ Omitted in Gr and many mss}Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze; 20 and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah, with ^{▼▼ Or harps of maiden-like tone}harps tuned to ^ealamoth; 21 and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel and Azaziah, to lead with ^{▼▼ Or octave harps}lyres tuned to ^gthe sheminith.