Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The musicians Heman, Asaph and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; New Living Translation The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were chosen to sound the bronze cymbals. English Standard Version The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals; Berean Standard Bible The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals. King James Bible So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; New King James Version the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound the cymbals of bronze; New American Standard Bible So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze; NASB 1995 So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze; NASB 1977 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze; Legacy Standard Bible So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze; Amplified Bible So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud the bronze cymbals; Christian Standard Bible The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; Holman Christian Standard Bible The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; American Standard Version So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed with cymbals of brass to sound aloud; English Revised Version So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud; GOD'S WORD® Translation The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were appointed to play bronze cymbals. International Standard Version The singers included Heman, Asaph, and Ethan (who played bronze cymbals). Majority Standard Bible The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals. NET Bible The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; New Heart English Bible So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud; Webster's Bible Translation So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; World English Bible So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud; Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [are] to sound with cymbals of bronze; Young's Literal Translation and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to sound, Smith's Literal Translation And those singing, Heman, Asaph and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to cause to hear; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleNow the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, sounded with cymbals of brass. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were sounding out with cymbals of brass. New American Bible The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, sounded brass cymbals. New Revised Standard Version The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound bronze cymbals; Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleNow these were all those who stood by the gates and sang: Heman, Asaph, and Ethan. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated These all who were standing at the gates and singing: Haman, and Asaph and Ethan. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan [, were appointed], with cymbals of brass to sound aloud; Brenton Septuagint Translation And the singers, Aeman, Asaph, and Aethan, with brazen cymbals to make a sound to be heard. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Priests and Levites Carry the Ark…18and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel. 19The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals. 20Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.… Cross References 2 Samuel 6:5 David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals. 1 Chronicles 13:8 David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. Psalm 150:3-5 Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. / Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. / Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. 2 Chronicles 5:12-13 all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. / The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud Psalm 81:1-2 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. / Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. Psalm 98:4-6 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises! / Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp. / With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King. Psalm 47:5-7 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn. / Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises! / For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise. Psalm 68:25 The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines. Psalm 33:2-3 Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings. / Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy. Psalm 92:1-3 A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High, / to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night / with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre. Psalm 149:3 Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp. Ephesians 5:19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord, Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. Revelation 5:8-9 When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. / And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. Revelation 14:2-3 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps. / And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. Treasury of Scripture So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; 1 Chronicles 15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. 1 Chronicles 13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 1 Chronicles 16:5,42 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; … Jump to Previous Aloud Appointed Asaph Brass Bronze Cymbals Ethan Heman Instruments Loudly Melody Musicians Position Singers Sound SoundingJump to Next Aloud Appointed Asaph Brass Bronze Cymbals Ethan Heman Instruments Loudly Melody Musicians Position Singers Sound Sounding1 Chronicles 15 1. David having prepared a place for the ark,15. the priests and Levites bring it from Obed-Edom 25. He performs the solemnity thereof with great joy 29. Michal despises him So the musicians The term "musicians" in this context refers to those specifically appointed for the sacred task of leading worship through music. In ancient Israel, music was not merely an art form but a vital component of worship and communication with God. The Hebrew root for musicians, "מְשׁוֹרְרִים" (meshorerim), indicates those who sing or play instruments, emphasizing their role in the spiritual life of the community. This highlights the importance of music in worship, serving as a bridge between the divine and the human, and underscores the belief that God is honored through the beauty and order of music. Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals (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. . . . Verses 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.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The musiciansוְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים (wə·ham·šō·rə·rîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7891: To sing Heman, הֵימָ֥ן (hê·mān) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1968: Heman -- an Israelite name Asaph, אָסָ֖ף (’ā·sāp̄) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 623: Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites and Ethan וְאֵיתָ֑ן (wə·’ê·ṯān) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 387: Ethan -- 'permanence', an Israelite name were to sound לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ׃ (lə·haš·mî·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently the bronze נְחֹ֖שֶׁת (nə·ḥō·šeṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base cymbals; בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם (bim·ṣil·ta·yim) Preposition-b | Noun - cd Strong's 4700: Double tinklers, cymbals Links 1 Chronicles 15:19 NIV1 Chronicles 15:19 NLT 1 Chronicles 15:19 ESV 1 Chronicles 15:19 NASB 1 Chronicles 15:19 KJV 1 Chronicles 15:19 BibleApps.com 1 Chronicles 15:19 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 15:19 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 15:19 French Bible 1 Chronicles 15:19 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Chronicles 15:19 So the singers Heman Asaph and Ethan (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) |