Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
1 Chronicles 25:5
the words of God. Not the words of man. None but Divine words used in Divine worship.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. (with Art.). the [true] God. App-4.
the words of God. Not the words of man. None but Divine words used in Divine worship.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. (with Art.). the [true] God. App-4.
Verse 1 Chronicles 25:5. _TO LIFT UP THE HORN_] "The horn of prophecy," says _Jarchi_; "to sound with the trumpet in the words of prophecy before the Lord."-_T_. _THREE DAUGHTERS._] These also were e...
TO LIFT UP THE HORN - Some take this literally, and consider that Heman and his sons played on the born in the musical services; but there is no other evidence that the horn was so employed. Perhaps t...
4. THE SINGERS AND MUSICIANS OF THE TEMPLE CHAPTER 25 _ 1. Sons of Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman (1 Chronicles 25:1)_ 2. Their division by Lot into twenty-four (1 Chronicles 25:8) As we have seen befor...
THE TEMPLE SINGERS AND MUSICIANS. The musicians, according to the Chronicler, also consisted of twenty-four courses. 1 Chronicles 25:1. Asaph... HEMAN. JEDUTHUN: see note on 1 Chronicles 15:17. WHO SH...
_the king's seer_ This title is given to Gad in 1 Chronicles 21:9, and to Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun, all three in 2 Chronicles 35:15 (LXX. not Heb.). _in the words of God_ The exact meaning of this is...
TO LIFT UP THE HORN— _To celebrate the praises;_ Houbigant. For there is no example in Scripture, says he, of such an expression as _lifting up the horn,_ for any thing in music. Some, however, think...
LESSON TWELVE 25-26 THE APPOINTMENT OF MUSICIANS DOORKEEPERS AND STEWARDS OF THE TEMPLE TREASURY 17. THE TEMPLE SINGERS (Chapter 25) INTRODUCTION David, the sweet psalmist of Israel, showed real in...
_ALL THESE WERE THE SONS OF HEMAN THE KING'S SEER IN THE WORDS OF GOD, TO LIFT UP THE HORN. AND GOD GAVE TO HEMAN FOURTEEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS._ Heman the king's seer. The title of seer or proph...
25:5 power; (c-18) Lit. 'lift up the horn.'...
THE KING'S SEER] Music and singing were often associated with prophecy (cp. 1 Samuel 10:5), and conversely the Temple singers are here accounted seers: cp. 'prophesy,' 1 Chronicles 25:5. IN THE WORDS...
PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE SINGERS 1. Separated to the service] RV 'separated for the service certain of the sons,' etc. JEDUTHUN] as in 1 Chronicles 16:41, this name takes the place of 'Ethan' in oth...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 25 The *temple musicians –...
ALL THESE WERE THE SONS OF HEMAN. — Literally, _Were sons to Heman._ THE KING’S SEER IN THE WORDS OF GOD. — Or, _in the things of God, in Divine_ (that is, liturgical) _matters._ Heman was a prophet a...
כָּל ־אֵ֨לֶּה בָנִ֜ים לְ הֵימָ֗ן חֹזֵ֥ה הַ
It is easy to imagine what joy the poet king would take in arranging the song service of the new Temple. Music played a very important part in his career. His musical skill had been his first introduc...
Seer; a title usually given to the real prophets, who foresee future things. (Menochius) --- Gad has this title, 2 Paralipomenon xxiv. 11. But Heman's office was to proclaim the words of God, with the...
The whole of what is here said of the order in which they were placed, and of the method taken to prevent jealousies arising from the natural infirmity of the human heart, may serve to teach us that i...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27. From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of everythi...
ALL THESE WERE THE SONS OF HEMAN, THE KING'S SEER,.... The prophet of the king, as the Targum, who was frequently with him, assisting him IN THE WORDS OF GOD: in divine things: TO LIFT UP THE HORN;...
All these [were] the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. Ver. 5. The king's seer.] And, as some think, a p...
_The king's seer_ Or prophet. Either he was a prophet as well as a singer; or he is thus called because he prophesied, or praised God, in the sense designed 1 Chronicles 25:1. And he is called the _ki...
1 The number & offices of the singers. 8 Their diuision by lot, into foure and twentie orders. 1 MOREOUER Dauid and the captaines of the hoste separated to the seruice of the sonnes of Asaph, and of...
All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words, the matters, OF GOD, a mediator of divine Revelation s to the king, like Jeduthun, 2 Chronicles 25:15, and Gad, 1 Chronicles 21:9, TO LI...
NUMBER AND OFFICE OF THE SINGERS...
WORDS: Or, matters...
THE KING'S SEER, or _prophet_, which is the same thing, 1 SAMUEL 9:9. Either he was a prophet as well as a singer; or he is thus called because he prophesied in the sense designed, 1 CHRONICLES 25:1....
1 Chronicles 25:5 sons H1121 Heman H1968 kings H4428 seer H2374 words H1697 God H430 exalt H7311 (H8687) ho
CONTENTS: The offices of the temple singers. CHARACTERS: God, David, Asaph, Jeduthun, Heman. CONCLUSION: The glory and honor of God should be extolled in the music of the church whether vocal or ins...
1 Chronicles 25:1. _Prophesy with harps._ They sung, as well as played, in the service of the Lord, the compositions or psalms of holy men. The harp is the lyre of the Latin versions. Music in religio...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 25:1 David and the Levite leaders divided the musicians into the three family groups (see 1 Chronicles 6:31), who prophe
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter relates to the number and offices of the singers (1 Chronicles 25:1); a list of the choirs divided by lot into 24 orders (1 Chronicles 25:9). _1 Chronicles 25:1_.—
EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 25:1 The families of the three chiefs in song. 1 CHRONICLES 25:1 The twenty-four courses of those who were to be engaged in the temple service as singers and musicians fill...
In chapter twenty-five. Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, those who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and...
1 Chronicles 21:9; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Samuel 9:9; Genesis 33:5;...
The king's seer — He is called the king's seer, either because the king took special delight in him; or because he frequently attended the king in his palace, executing his sacred office there, while...