KJV King James Version
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
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1 Chronicles 15:17
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
WEB World English Bible
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
ASV American Standard Version
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the Levites appoint Heman son of Joel, and of his brethren, Asaph son of Berechiah, and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 15
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
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.
17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
18 And with them their brethren of the second [degree], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;
20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
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וַיַּעֲמִ֣ידוּH5975 · a.madto stand: standהַלְוִיִּ֗םH3881 · le.viy.yiLeviאֵ֚תH853 · et[Obj.]הֵימָ֣ןH1968 · he.manHemanבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childיוֹאֵ֔לH3100 · yo.elJoelוּמִ֨ן־H4480 · minfromאֶחָ֔יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingאָסָ֖ףH623 · a.saphAsaphבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childבֶּֽרֶכְיָ֑הוּ סH1296 · be.rekh.yahBerechiahוּמִן־H4480 · minfromבְּנֵ֤יH1121 · benson: childמְרָרִי֙H4847 · me.ra.riMerariאֲחֵיהֶ֔םH251 · achbrother: male-siblingאֵיתָ֖ןH387 · e.tanEthanבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childקֽוּשָׁיָֽהוּ׃H6984 · qu.sha.ya.huKushaiah
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 6:33And these [are] they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,1 Chronicles 6:39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, [even] Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,1 Chronicles 6:44And their brethren the sons of Merari [stood] on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,Psalm 83:1A Song [or] Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.1 Chronicles 25:1-5Moreover 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:1 Chronicles 15:19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;Psalm 73:1A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.1 Samuel 8:2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba.
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