1 Chronicles 15:16-19

16 David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.

17 So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berekiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;

18 and with them their relatives next in rank: Zechariah,^[a] Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel,^[b] the gatekeepers.

19 The musicians Heman, Asaph and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;

1 Chronicles 15:16-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 15

David, having prepared a place for the ark of God, gathered the Israelites, Levites, and priests, to assist in the bringing of it up thereunto, 1Ch 15:1,13 and which was done in a very honourable and joyful manner, 1Ch 15:24-28, though David, for his behaviour, was despised by Michal his wife in her heart, 1Ch 15:29.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 6:31
• 2. 2 Chronicles 7:6
• 3. Ezra 2:41; Nehemiah 11:23; Psalms 68:25
• 4. S 1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 23:5; 1 Chronicles 25:1; 2 Chronicles 29:26; Nehemiah 12:27,36; Job 21:12; Psalms 150:5; Amos 6:5
• 5. S 1 Chronicles 6:33
• 6. 1 Chronicles 6:39
• 7. 1 Chronicles 6:44
• 8. S 2 Samuel 6:10; 1 Chronicles 26:4-5
• 9. 1 Chronicles 16:41; 1 Chronicles 25:6

Footnotes

• [a] Three Hebrew manuscripts and most Septuagint manuscripts (see also verse 20 and 16:5); most Hebrew manuscripts "Zechariah son and" or "Zechariah, Ben and"
• [b] Hebrew; Septuagint (see also verse 21) "Jeiel and Azaziah"