1 Chronicles 25:1

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1 Chronicles 25:1

David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. This is the list of the men who performed their service:

2 Kings 3:15

Now, bring me a musician.”

While the musician played, the Lord’s hand came on Elisha.

1 Chronicles 6:33

These are the men who served with their sons.

From the Kohathites: Heman the singer,
son of Joel, son of Samuel,

1 Chronicles 6:39

Heman’s relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand:
Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

1 Samuel 10:5

“After that you will come to the Hill of God where there are Philistine garrisons. When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place prophesying. They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.

2 Chronicles 34:12

The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled with musical instruments.

Nehemiah 12:27

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sent for the Levites wherever they lived and brought them to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

1 Chronicles 6:44

On the left, their relatives were Merari’s sons:
Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi,
son of Malluch,

1 Chronicles 12:28

and Zadok, a young brave warrior, with 22 commanders from his own ancestral house.

1 Chronicles 15:16-21

Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers and to have them raise their voices with joy accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

1 Chronicles 16:4-5

David appointed some of the Levites to be ministers before the ark of the Lord, to celebrate the Lord God of Israel, and to give thanks and praise to Him.

1 Chronicles 16:41-42

With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord—for His faithful love endures forever.

1 Chronicles 23:2

Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.

1 Chronicles 23:5-7

4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”

1 Chronicles 24:5-6

They were assigned by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.

1 Chronicles 25:3

From Jeduthun: Jeduthun’s sons:
Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six—under the authority of their father Jeduthun, prophesying to the accompaniment of lyres, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 23:1

Then, in the seventh year, Jehoiada summoned his courage and took the commanders of hundreds into a covenant with him: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.

2 Chronicles 23:9

Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds King David’s spears, shields, and quivers that were in God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 23:13

As she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The commanders and the trumpeters were by the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praise. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”

2 Chronicles 29:25-26

Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet. For the command was from the Lord through His prophets.

2 Chronicles 31:2

Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites for the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for praise in the gates of the camp of the Lord, each division corresponding to his service among the priests and Levites.

Ezra 3:10-11

When the builders had laid the foundation of the Lord’s temple, the priests, dressed in their robes and holding trumpets, and the Levites descended from Asaph, holding cymbals, took their positions to praise the Lord, as King David of Israel had instructed.

Nehemiah 12:24

The leaders of the Levites—Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their relatives opposite them—gave praise and thanks, division by division, as David the man of God had prescribed.

Nehemiah 12:43-46

On that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy. The women and children also celebrated, and Jerusalem’s rejoicing was heard far away.

Psalm 81:2

Lift up a song—play the tambourine,
the melodious lyre, and the harp.

Psalm 92:1-3

A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.It is good to praise Yahweh,
to sing praise to Your name, Most High,

Psalm 150:3-5

Praise Him with trumpet blast;
praise Him with harp and lyre.

1 Corinthians 14:24-26

But if all are prophesying and some unbeliever or uninformed person comes in, he is convicted by all and is judged by all.

Revelation 15:2-4

I also saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, his image, and the number of his name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

1 Chronicles 25:1

Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

The captains

Prophesy

General references

1 Chronicles 15:19

Psalm 98:5

Bible References

The captains

and Zadok, a young brave warrior, with 22 commanders from his own ancestral house.

Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.

They were assigned by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.

Prophesy

“After that you will come to the Hill of God

where there are Philistine garrisons. When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place prophesying. They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.

Now, bring me a musician.”

While the musician played, the Lord’s hand came on Elisha.

But if all are prophesying and some unbeliever or uninformed person comes in, he is convicted by all and is judged by all.

General references

The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;

Sing to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and melodious song.