KJV King James Version
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;
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1 Chronicles 15:19
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.
WEB World English Bible
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
ASV American Standard Version
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to sound,
Surrounding context — 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.
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;
21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, [was] for song: he instructed about the song, because he [was] skilful.
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1 Chronicles 25:6All these [were] under the hands of their father for song [in] the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.Psalm 150:5Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.1 Chronicles 16:42And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun [were] porters.1 Chronicles 13:8And 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 16:5Asaph 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;1 Chronicles 15:16And 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 25:1Moreover 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:
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