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1 Chronicles 15:19

AsaphHemanJeduthun

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

18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;

20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;

21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

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BSB
The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.
KJV
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
WEB
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;
ASV
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
DARBY
and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound aloud with cymbals of brass;
BLB
And the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to sound;
ÅB
Sangerne Heman, Asaf og Etan skulle slå på kobbercymbler;
OTB
Slik ble sangerne, Heman, Asaf og Etan utnevnt
til å lyde høyt med cymbaler av bronse;
B1930
Sangerne Heman, Asaf og Etan skulde slå på kobbercymbler;

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 25:6

    All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

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  • 1 Chronicles 13:8

    And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

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  • 1 Chronicles 16:42

    And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

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  • 1 Chronicles 16:5

    Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:16

    And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

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  • 1 Chronicles 25:1

    Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

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  • Psalms 150:5

    Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

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