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Jerome's Latin Vulgate
1 Esdræ 15:21
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Reliqua autem sermonum Manahem, et universa qu fecit, nonne hc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Isral ?
Porro Matthathias et Eliphalu et Macenias et Obededom et Iehiel et Ozaziu in citharis super octavam, ut dirigerent;
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Mattithiah: 1 Chronicles 15:18, 1 Chronicles 16:5
harps: 1 Chronicles 25:6, 1 Chronicles 25:7, 1 Samuel 10:5, Psalms 33:2, Psalms 81:1, Psalms 81:2, Psalms 92:3, Psalms 150:3
Sheminith to excel: or, eighth to oversee, Psalms 6:1, Psalms 12:1, *titles
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 23:8 - Jehiel 1 Chronicles 25:3 - Mattithiah 1 Chronicles 26:4 - Obededom
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah,.... These six were appointed to sound:
with harps on the Sheminith to excel; which Sheminith some take to be an harp with eight strings, or the beginning of a song, or a musical tone, the bass; see the title of Psalms 6:1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Harps on the Sheminith - “Sheminith” properly means “the eighth,” and has been compared with the modern musical term “octave.” Further, “Sheminith” and “Alamoth” are regarded as contrasted, and the harps of Mattithiah and his companions are supposed to have been pitched an octave below the psalteries of Zechariah and his brethren.
The word translated “to excel,” is taken as meaning “to lead,” and Mattithiah, etc., as leaders of the singers.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Chronicles 15:21. On the Sheminith — According to the Targum, this signifies an instrument that sounded an octave, or, according to others, an instrument with eight strings. The Syriac and Arabic have it, instruments to sing with daily, at the third, sixth, and ninth hour; the Vulgate, an octave, for a song of victory: some think the eighth band of the musicians is intended, who had the strongest and most sonorous voices; and that it is in this sense that shelomith and lenatstseach should be understood.
