1 Chronicles 25:4

4 From the sons of Heman, there were Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

1 Chronicles 25:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 25:4

Of Heman: the sons of Heman
The third chief singer: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel;
the same with Azareel, ( 1 Chronicles 25:18 ) Shebuel;
called Shubael, ( 1 Chronicles 25:20 ) and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer,
Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth;
in all fourteen, to whom came the sixth, ninth, eleventh, fifteenth, sixteenth, eighteenth, twentieth, twenty second, twenty fourth, seventeenth, nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty third lots, ( 1 Chronicles 25:13 1 Chronicles 25:16 1 Chronicles 25:18 1 Chronicles 25:20 1 Chronicles 25:22 1 Chronicles 25:23 1 Chronicles 25:25 1 Chronicles 25:27 1 Chronicles 25:29 ) ( 1 Chronicles 25:31 1 Chronicles 25:24 1 Chronicles 25:26 1 Chronicles 25:28 1 Chronicles 25:30 ) .

1 Chronicles 25:4 In-Context

2 From the sons of Asaph, there were Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. They worked under the direction of their father, Asaph, who proclaimed God’s messages by the king’s orders.

3 From the sons of Jeduthun, there were Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all. They worked under the direction of their father, Jeduthun, who proclaimed God’s messages to the accompaniment of the lyre, offering thanks and praise to the LORD .

4 From the sons of Heman, there were Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s seer, for God had honored him with fourteen sons and three daughters.

6 All these men were under the direction of their fathers as they made music at the house of the LORD . Their responsibilities included the playing of cymbals, harps, and lyres at the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman reported directly to the king.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew Shebuel, a variant spelling of Shubael; compare 25:20 .