17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
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And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
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,
And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-24)Preparation is here made for the bringing of the ark home to the city of David from the house of Obed-edom. It is here owned that in the former attempt, though it was a very good work and in it they sought God , yet they sought him, not after the due order , 1 Chron. 15:13. “We did not go about our work considerately; and therefore we sped so ill.” Note, It is not enough that we do that which is g…
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