1 Chronicles 15:16-21
16David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on amusical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. 17So the Levites appointed bHeman the son of Joel; and of his brothers cAsaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, dEthan the son of Kushaiah; 18and with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel. 19The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals; 20Zechariah, eAziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to fAlamoth; 21but Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, gObed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to hthe Sheminith.1 Chronicles 16:4-5
4Then he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel. 5 iAsaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,1 Chronicles 16:42
42Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments jfor sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.1 Chronicles 23:5-7
54,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments kthat I have made for praise.” 6 lAnd David organized them in divisions mcorresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.7 nThe sons of Gershon ▼
▼Vulgate (compare Septuagint, Syriac); Hebrew to the Gershonite
were Ladan and Shimei. 2 Chronicles 23:13
13And when she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with their musical instruments leading in the celebration. And Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”2 Chronicles 29:25-26
25 pAnd he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, qaccording to the commandment of David and of Gad rthe king’s seer and of sNathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets. 26The Levites stood with tthe instruments of David, uand the priests with the trumpets.2 Chronicles 31:2
2And Hezekiah appointed vthe divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, wfor burnt offerings and peace offerings, to minister in the gates of the camp of the Lord and to give thanks and praise.2 Chronicles 34:12
12And the men did the work faithfully. Over them were set Jahath and Obadiah the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to have oversight. xThe Levites, all who were skillful with instruments of music,
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