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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 15:21

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.

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See also 1 Chronicles 15:21 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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 a...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 ha...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ; 1 Chronicles 16:1 . THE ARK BROUGHT TO JERUSALEM CHAPTER 15:1-16:3 _ 1. The true preparation to fetch the ark (1 Chronicles 15:1)_ 2. The great procession (1 Chronicles 15

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 CHRONICLES 15:1 TO 1 CHRONICLES 16:43. THE BRINGING UP OF THE ARK TO JERUSALEM (_cf._ 2 Samuel 6:12_ a_). The account given by the Chronicler is much more elaborate, stress being laid on the part

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SHEMINITH. _the_ eighth. (See App-65.) TO EXCEL. to lead....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Azaziah_ a name not found in 1 Chronicles 15:18. _on the Sheminith to excel_) R.V. SET TO THE SHEMINITH TO LEAD. Cp. Psalms 6 (title, R.V. mg.)....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    LESSON SEVEN 15-16 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT BROUGHT TO JERUSALEM DAVID'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING THE MINISTERS AND WORSHIP 8. BRINGING THE ARK TO JERUSALEM (15-16) INTRODUCTION The completion of the mo...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND MATTITHIAH, AND ELIPHELEH, AND MIKNEIAH, AND OBEDEDOM, AND JEIEL, AND AZAZIAH, WITH HARPS ON THE SHEMINITH TO EXCEL._ Mattithiah ... with harps on the Sheminith to excel. Gesenius rendered it, '...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    15:21 Sheminith (c-17) Lit. 'eighth,' probably the bass octave, Psalms 6 , title....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE TRANSPORT OF THE ARK TO JERUSALEM This chapter is parallel to 2 Samuel 6:12, but contains much new matter respecting the Levites who bare the ark, and the singers....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 15 The *ark comes to Jerusalem –...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (19-21) The minstrels named in 1 Chronicles 15:17, classified according to their instruments....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    The six lute-players. WITH HARPS ON THE SHEMINITH. — “With lutes (or lyres) in the bass.” Literally, _after the mode of the eighth_ — i.e., an octave below the tenor — _al ottava bassa._ TO EXCEL. —...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מַתִּתְיָ֣הוּ וֶ אֱלִֽיפְלֵ֗הוּ וּ מִקְנֵיָ֨הוּ֙...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    DAVID 1. HIS TRIBE AND DYNASTY KING and kingdom were so bound up in ancient life that an ideal for the one implied an ideal for the other: all distinction and glory possessed by either was shared by...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    From this account of bringing the Ark from the house of Obed-edom into the city, it is evident that David had learned the lesson which the death of Uzzah was intended to teach. He declared that the wo...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the (k) Sheminith to excel. (k) Which was the eighth tune, over which he that was most excellent had c...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Ozaziu does not occur before. Septuagint have Ozias both here and [in] ver. 18, after Jehiel. (Haydock) --- Of victory, such as was customary on the like occasions. --- For the octave. Hebrew hashemin...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We have a much more circumstantial account in this chapter, concerning the bringing up of the ark, than was given in the former. David's preparing a place for the reception of the ark, before he fetch...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    He makes himself houses in Jerusalem, and prepares a place for the ark of God, pitching a tent for it. Warned by the calamity [1] which his neglect had brought upon Uzza, the first time he undertook t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. Ver. 21. _Upon Sheminith._] _See Trapp on "_ Psa 6:1 _" Title_...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _With harps on Sheminith_ Some think Sheminith signifies a harp with eight strings. But perhaps, as was said of Alamoth, it might be the name of a tune, or note, or part in music. Or it might be the b...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Dauid hauing prepared a place for the Arke, ordereth the Priestes and Leuites to bring it from Obed-Edom. 25 Hee perfourmeth the solemnitie thereof with great ioy. 29 Michal despiseth him. 1 AND...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel, literally, "on the octave to lead," for these harps or lutes carried the melod...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    LIST OF THE CHIEF MEN PARTAKING...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SHEMINITH: Or, on the eight to oversee...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-24 Wise and good men may be guilty of oversights, which they will correct, as soon as they are aware of them. David does not try to justify what had been done amiss, nor to lay the blame on others;...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "1 CHRONICLES 15:20". TO EXCEL: the word may be here added to note the excellency of that instrument, or note, or part of music; or that there was a greater extension or elevation of the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Chronicles 15:21 Mattithiah H4993 Elipheleh H466 Mikneiah H4737 Obed-Edom H5654 Jeiel H3273 Azaziah H5812 direct H5329 ...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    1 _;_ 2. _And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for t...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Ark brought to Jerusalem in the appointed way. CHARACTERS: God, David, Zadok, Abiathar, Michael, Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel. CONCLUSION: It is not enough that we seek God in a du...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Chronicles 15:2. _None ought to carry the ark of God but the levites;_ and they were enjoined to carry it by staves, and on their shoulders. This plainly suggests the reason of God's awful displeasu...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 15:1 The relatively brief account of the second mission to bring the ark to Jerusalem (see 2 Samuel 6:12) has been expanded here. David appoints the Levit

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 15:17 OBED-EDOM (vv. 1 Chronicles 15:18,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] The bulk of this chapter consists of new matter, which the writer of Chronicles found in his authorities, and regarding as important for his purpose, introduced at this point into the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 15:1 The contents of this verse and the following verses up to the twenty-fifth have no parallel in the Book of Samuel, and excite suggestion respecting the different objects...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In chapter sixteen, They brought the ark of the covenant, and they set it in the midst of the tent, the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and they offered the burnt sacrifices and the peace o...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 16:5; 1 Chronicles 25:6; 1 Chronicles 25:7;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    To excel — Which word may be added to note the excellency of that instrument, or part of musick; or that there was a greater extension or elevation of the voice than in the former. This way of praisin...

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