5All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
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And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
And of all my sons,(for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Observe, I. Singing the praises of God is here called prophesying (1 Chron. 25:1-3), not that all those who were employed in this service were honoured with the visions of God, or could foretel things to come. Heman indeed is said to be the king’s seer in the words of God (1 Chron. 25:5); but the psalms they sang were composed by the prophets, and many of them were prophetical; and the edification…
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