1st Chronicles Chapter 15 verse 19 Holy Bible
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, `were appointed' with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
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So those who made melody, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were put in position, with brass instruments, sounding loudly;
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and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound aloud with cymbals of brass;
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So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
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So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
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So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
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and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to sound,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 19-21. - The psalteries on Alamoth (ver. 20), and harps on the Sheminith to excel (ver. 21), are descriptions the exact significance of which is not yet satisfactorily ascertained. Yet their connection in a series of four divisions of musical duty does throw some light upon them. These four verses manifestly purport to describe a special part to be performed by those of whom they respectively speak. Gesenius explains psalteries on Alamoth to mean such instruments as savoured of virgin tone or pitch, i.e. high as compared with the lower pitch of men's voices. This lower pitch he considers intimated by the word "Sheminith," literally, the eighth, or octave. The added expression, "to excel," need scarcely be, with him, understood to mean "to take the lead musically," but may be read generally to mark their supassing quality.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19-21) The minstrels named in 1Chronicles 15:17-18, classified according to their instruments.(19) The cymbal-players.Were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass.--Rather, with cymbals of bronze for clashing. Furnished with these instruments, the three chiefs were to lead and accentuate the music.1Chronicles 15:19-25 give the order of the procession thus:--I. The three master-singers, and two bands of seven each (1Chronicles 15:19-21).II. Chenaniah, marshal of the bearers.III. Two warders of the Ark. . . .
