1 Chronicles 25:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

Prophesy

Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Jehovah.

After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:

But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came upon him.

But if all prophesy, and there come in one unbelieving or unlearned, he is reproved by all, he is judged by all;

General references

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

Sing praises unto Jehovah with the harp; With the harp and the voice of melody.