1 Chronicles 16:5

5 Asaph, the leader of this group, sounded the cymbals. Second to him was Zechariah, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They played the harps and lyres.

1 Chronicles 16:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 16:5

Asaph the chief
Of those that were now appointed: otherwise, of the three principal singers, Heman was the chief, and Asaph next, ( 1 Chronicles 6:33 1 Chronicles 6:39 )

and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and
Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, with
psalteries, and with harps;
to play upon them before the ark at the same time the psalms and songs were vocally sung; the above persons are such as are named before, ( 1 Chronicles 15:18 1 Chronicles 15:20 1 Chronicles 15:21 ) ,

but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
he struck and played upon them, see ( 1 Chronicles 15:19 ) .

1 Chronicles 16:5 In-Context

3 Then he gave to every man and woman in all Israel a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, and a cake of raisins.

4 David appointed the following Levites to lead the people in worship before the Ark of the LORD —to invoke his blessings, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.

5 Asaph, the leader of this group, sounded the cymbals. Second to him was Zechariah, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They played the harps and lyres.

6 The priests, Benaiah and Jahaziel, played the trumpets regularly before the Ark of God’s Covenant.

7 On that day David gave to Asaph and his fellow Levites this song of thanksgiving to the LORD :