1 Chronicles 6:32

Contextual Overview

³¹These are the men David put in charge of the music in the Lord’s temple after the ark came to rest there. ³¹ These are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. ³¹ And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord , after that the ark had rest. ³¹ These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark rested there. ³¹ David chose some people to be in charge of the music in the house of the Lord . They began their work after the Ark of the Agreement was put there. ³¹ These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord 's sanctuary, after the ark was placed there. ³¹Now these are those whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD after the ark [of the covenant] rested there. ³¹ Now these are the ones whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark rested there. ³¹ These are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Yahweh, after that the ark had rest. ³¹ And these be they whom Dauid set for to sing in the house of the Lord, after that the Arke had rest.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they ministered: 1 Chronicles 16:4-6, 1 Chronicles 16:37-42, Psalms 68:24, Psalms 68:25

with singing: Ephesians 5:19

until Solomon: 1 Chronicles 6:10, 1 Kings 8:6-13

and then: 1 Chronicles 9:33, 1 Chronicles 25:7-31, 2 Chronicles 29:25-30, 2 Chronicles 31:2, 2 Chronicles 35:15, Ezra 3:10, Ezra 3:11, Ezra 6:18, Nehemiah 11:17-23, Nehemiah 12:27, Nehemiah 12:28, Nehemiah 12:45-47, Psalms 134:1, Psalms 134:2, Psalms 135:1-3, waited Heb. stood, 1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Kings 12:6, 1 Kings 12:8

according to their order: This order is specified below. 1 Corinthians 12:11

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:10 - they shall 2 Chronicles 7:6 - the Levites 2 Chronicles 8:14 - the Levites Ezekiel 40:44 - chambers Titus 1:5 - set

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacles of the congregation with singing,.... Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; this service they performed before the ark, which was in a tent or tabernacle David pitched for it; and which the Targum here calls the tabernacle of time, or a temporary tabernacle:

until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; the temple there:

and then they waited on their office according to their order; performed it in the manner prescribed by David, see 1 Chronicles 25:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The genealogies of David’s three chief singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan or Jeduthun.

1 Chronicles 6:32

They waited on their office - On the establishment and continuance of the choral service in the temple, see 2 Chronicles 5:12, 2 Chronicles 29:27-30; 2 Chronicles 35:15.

1 Chronicles 6:33

Heman - In general Asaph takes precedence of Heman and Jeduthun, but here Heman is placed first, because his family, that of the Kohathites, had the highest priestly rank, being the family which furnished the high priests (see 1 Chronicles 6:2-15).

Shemuel - i. e. “Samuel.” Our translators have here given the Hebrew, while elsewhere they give uniformlv the Greek, form of the name. We learn by this genealogy that Heman was Samuel’s grandson.

1 Chronicles 6:39

His brother Asaph - Not “brother” in the ordinary sense of the term, since Asaph was the son of Berachiah, and a Gershonite, not a Kohathite. “Brother” here may mean “fellow-craftsman” (compare 1 Chronicles 25:7).

1 Chronicles 6:44

Ethan - Or Jeduthun (see the margin). Corruption will scarcely account for the two forms of the name, since Ethan is used persistently up to a certain point 1 Chronicles 15:19, after which we have uniformly “Jeduthun.” The case seems to be rather one in which a new name was taken after a while, which thenceforth superseded the old. Compare Abraham, Sarah, Joshua, Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, etc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 32. According to their order. — This order is specified below.