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1 Chronicles 15:21

AzaziahEliphelehJeielMattithiahMikneiah

19 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;

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

22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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BSB
And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.
KJV
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
WEB
and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
ASV
and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.
DARBY
and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to lead [the singing].
BLB
and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with lyres according to Sheminith, to oversee.
ÅB
og Mattitja og Eliflehu og Mikneja og Obed-Edom og Je'iel og Asasja på citarer etter Sjeminit[^2] for å lede sangen.
OTB
og Mattitja, Elifelehu, Mikneja, Obed-Edom, Jeiel og Asasja
med lyrer stemt til sjeminitt, for å lede sangen.
B1930
og Mattitja og Eliflehu og Mikneja og Obed-Edom og Je'iel og Asasja på citarer efter Sjeminit for å lede sangen. / < sannsynligvis en toneart, SLM 6, 1.>

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:18

    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.

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  • Psalms 150:3

    Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

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  • Psalms 81:1–2

    Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

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  • Psalms 92:3

    Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

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  • Psalms 6:1–10

    O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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  • 1 Chronicles 25:6–7

    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 Samuel 10:5

    After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

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  • Psalms 12:1

    Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

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