1 Chronicles 15:19

THE MESSAGE

The members of the choir and marching band were: Heman, Asaph, and Ethan with bronze cymbals; Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah with lyres carrying the melody; Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah with harps filling in the harmony; Kenaniah, the Levite in charge of music, a very gifted musician, was music director.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;

Hebrew Names Version
So the singers, Heman, Asaf, and Etan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

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

English Standard Version
The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals;

New Century Version
The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan played bronze cymbals.

New English Translation
The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;

Amplified Bible
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud the bronze cymbals;

New American Standard Bible
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze;

World English Bible
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

Geneva Bible (1587)
So Heman, Asaph and Ethan were fingers to make a sounde with cymbales of brasse,

Legacy Standard Bible
So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze;

Berean Standard Bible
The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.

Complete Jewish Bible
The singers Heman, Asaf and Eitan were appointed to sound the bronze cymbals.

Darby Translation
and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound aloud with cymbals of brass;

Easy-to-Read Version
The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan played bronze cymbals.

George Lamsa Translation
Now these were all those who stood by the gates and sang: Heman, Asaph, and Ethan.

Lexham English Bible
Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals;

Literal Translation
And the singers were Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound with cymbals of bronze;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For Heman, Assaph and Ethan were syngers, with brasen belles makynge a loude noyse:

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

Bible in Basic English
So those who made melody, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were put in position, with brass instruments, sounding loudly;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So Heman, Asaph, and Ethan the singers, made a sounde with cymbales of brasse.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed,] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

King James Version (1611)
So the Singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbales of brasse.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the singers, Æman, Asaph, and Æthan, with brazen cymbals to make a sound to be heard.

English Revised Version
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed], with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
forsothe `thei ordeyneden the syngeris Eman, Asaph, and Ethan, sownynge in brasun cymbalis;

Update Bible Version
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;

Webster's Bible Translation
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;

New King James Version
the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound the cymbals of bronze;

New Living Translation
The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were chosen to sound the bronze cymbals.

New Life Bible
The singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were chosen to make sounds of joy with objects of brass.

New Revised Standard
The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound bronze cymbals;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan, with cymbals of bronze, were to sound aloud;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, sounded with cymbals of brass.

Revised Standard Version
The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals;

Young's Literal Translation
and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to sound,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze;

Contextual Overview

¹After David built houses for himself in the City of David, he cleared a place for the Chest and pitched a tent for it. Then David gave orders: "No one carries the Chest of God except the Levites; God designated them and them only to carry the Chest of God and be available full time for service in the work of worship." ³David then called everyone in Israel to assemble in Jerusalem to bring up the Chest of God to its specially prepared place. David also called in the family of Aaron and the Levites. From the family of Kohath, Uriel the head with 120 relatives; from the family of Merari, Asaiah the head with 220 relatives; from the family of Gershon, Joel the head with 130 relatives; from the family of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the head with 200 relatives; from the family of Hebron, Eliel the head with 80 relatives; from the family of Uzziel, Amminadab the head with 112 relatives. ¹¹Then David called in Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab the Levites. He said, "You are responsible for the Levitical families; now consecrate yourselves, both you and your relatives, and bring up the Chest of the God of Israel to the place I have set aside for it. The first time we did this, you Levites did not carry it properly, and God exploded in anger at us because we didn't make proper preparation and follow instructions." ¹⁴So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the Chest of the God of Israel. The Levites carried the Chest of God exactly as Moses, instructed by God , commanded—carried it with poles on their shoulders, careful not to touch it with their hands. ¹⁶ David ordered the heads of the Levites to assign their relatives to sing in the choir, accompanied by a well-equipped marching band, and fill the air with joyful sound. ¹⁷The Levites assigned Heman son of Joel, and from his family, Asaph son of Berekiah, then Ethan son of Kushaiah from the family of Merari, and after them in the second rank their brothers Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel as security guards. ¹⁹The members of the choir and marching band were: Heman, Asaph, and Ethan with bronze cymbals; Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah with lyres carrying the melody; Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah with harps filling in the harmony; Kenaniah, the Levite in charge of music, a very gifted musician, was music director. ²³Berekiah and Elkanah were porters for the Chest. The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer blew the trumpets before the Chest of God. Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also porters for the Chest.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 16:5, 1 Chronicles 16:42, 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:6, Psalms 150:5

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:5 - a psaltery 1 Kings 4:31 - Ethan 1 Chronicles 2:6 - Ethan 1 Chronicles 6:33 - Heman 1 Chronicles 15:17 - Ethan 1 Chronicles 25:4 - Heman 2 Chronicles 29:14 - Heman

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan,.... The three principal of them: these were appointed

to sound with cymbals of brass; for as there were three sorts of musical instruments, 1 Chronicles 15:16 these three chief singers had one of those instruments appropriated to them, one of which were the cymbals of brass, to which the apostle alludes, 1 Corinthians 13:1.