1 Chronicles 15:17

17 So the Levites appointed ¹Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers ²Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, ³Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

1 Chronicles 15:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 15:17

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel
The grandson of Samuel the prophet, ( 1 Chronicles 6:33 )

and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah;
a famous singer, often mentioned in the Psalms, ( 1 Chronicles 6:39 )

and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
the same with the son of Kishi, ( 1 Chronicles 6:44 ) , these were the chief of the singers.

1 Chronicles 15:17 In-Context

15 And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD.

16 David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

18 and 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.

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

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 6:33
• 2. 1 Chronicles 6:39
• 3. 1 Chronicles 6:44