a Poth of the Civil and Sacred hoſt : to wit, aUthe Princes of Iſrael, with the Priefts and the Levites, whom David gathered together, ch. 23.2, for this very end,that in their Preſence and with their Approbation and Conſent, all theſe things might be eſtabl;ſhed ; 'who are here fitly called the Captainsof the Hoſt ; for the Princes were under Davin, rhe chief Captains or Commanders of the Militia or Trained Bands of the Kingdom ; and as the Levites are called an Hoſt, and the Lords Hoff, Num. 4. 23. and elſewhere becauſe of their Number and Order in Holy Miniſtraticns ; ſo theſe Prieſts and Levites werethe Captains and Governours of the reſt. b 7. e. Diſtributed them into their ſeveral Ranks and Orders : Which, though chiefly done by David as a Prophet, and by Divine direCion, as hath been oft obſerved, yer is here imputed in part to the Captains of the Hoſt, becauſeir' was done with their Concurrence and Approbation. c 7. e- To the Service of God under the Condutt and Command of theſe Perſons. 43. e. Praiſe God by ſinging the Pſalms of David, ( of which fee on ch. 16.7. ) and other Sacred Songs made by themſelves, who were P:ophets in ſome ſort, or by other Prophets or Holy Men of God. Or this Aftion of theirs is called prophecying, becauſe it had been formerly performed by the Prophets and the ſons of the Prophets : of which ſee 1 Sam. 10.5. & 19. 20. 2 Kings 3. 15. 1Chron. 15. 1g. e Ofthe Perſons employed in this Sacred Work.
2 Of the ſons of Aſaph; Zaccur, and Joſeph, and
ald Je the hands of Aſaph f, which propheſied + according fo the order of the king g. f i.e. Under his overſight and direQion, glIn ſuch manner and order as David appointed. 3 Of Jeduthun : the ſons of Jeduthun þ ; Gedaliah, and || Zeri, and Jeſhajah, Haſhabiah, and Matrithiah, | fix, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who
propheſied with a Harp togive thanks and to praiſe the LORD.
h Or, his ſons, (the conſtratform being uſed before the abſolute of which there are Examples in Scripture ) Jeduthwn, called by his Fathers name : otherwiſe they are nor ſx 3 unleſseither Jeduthun their Father be included in that number ; or Sh;mei mentioned w. 17. be one of them, as many Learned Men think. See the like. 1 Chron. 24. 23.
4 Of Heman : the ſons of Heman ; Bukkiah, Mat-
Ver. 14- f Heb, h the hands
kr, Ver, 11-
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21 Theſe likewiſe caſt lots over againſt cheic brethren ;,Which, together with their Scholars, make up the 4000 mentioned
Chap.
hap. 23-5. | | | 8 And they caft lots, ward againſt ward q, aswell tha mall as the great, the teacher as the ſcholar r.
q i.e. A Ward, or Rank, or Courſe of Levitesanſwerable to one of the Prieſts, upon whom the Levites were to wait in their Holy
Miniſtrations , ch. 23. 28. r Withoutany reſpe& to their different Ages or Abilities.
9 Now the firſt lot came forth for Aſaph to Joſephs, the ſecond to Gedaliah, who 7? with his brethren and his ſons were twelve.
5 3. e, For the Family of Aſaph, of which 7oſ-ph was. Here that Clauſe, he, his ſons, and hu brethren were twelve, is tobe underſtood, as It is exprefled inall the following Verſes, otherwiſe they do not make up that number of 288 mentioned v 7. # Heb. he : which
wn being here expreſly, is rightly underſtood and ſupplied in the reſt,
Io The third to Zaccur, he, his ſons, and his brethren were twelve : |
IT The fourth to Tzri, he, his ſons and his brethren were twelve.
12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his ſons and hisbre- thren were twelve :
x13 The ſixth to Bukkiah, he, his ſens and hisbrethren were twelve :
14 The ſeventh to Jeſharelah, be, his ſons and his brethren were twelve.
15 Theeighth to Jeſbajah, be, his ſons and his bre« thren were twelve. |
16 The ninch to Mattaniah, he, his ſons and his bre- thren were twelve. 17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his ſons and his brethren wire twelve : 18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his ſons and his bre= thren were twelve,
I9 The twelfth to Hafbabiah, he, his ſons and his brethren were twelve :
20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his ſons and his brethren were twelve :
20 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, be, his fons and his brethren were twelve : |
22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his ſons and his brethren were twelve :
23 The fixteenth to Hananiah, he, his ſons and his brethren were twelve : h 24 The ſeventeenth to Joſhbekaſhah, he, his ſons and his brethren were twelve: 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, be, his ſons and his brethren were twelve :
26 The ninteenth to Mallotui, be, his ſons and his brethren were twelve :
27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his ſons and his brethren were twelve : |
28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, be, his ſons and his brethren were twelve : |
29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his ſons and his brethren were twelve :
30 The three and ewentieth to Mahazioth, he, his ſons and his brethren were twelve :
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taniah, || Uzziel, || Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamtiezer, Joſhbe- kaſhah, Mallothi, Hothir, ad Mahazioth.
5 Alltheſe werethe ſons of Hemanthe kings ſeer i in the|| words of God &, to lifr up the horn /. And God
gave to Heman fourteen ſons, and three daughters. ;. Or, Prophet, which is the ſame thing, 1 Sam.9. g. Either he was a Prophet as well asaSinger ; or he is thus called becaule he propheſe- ed in the ſenſe deſigned, v. 1» And heis called the kings ſeer, either becauſe the King took ſpecial delight in him ; or becauſe he frequent- Jy attended upon the King in his Palace, executing his Sacred Office "There, while the reſt were conſtantly employed in the TabernagF. & i.t—-Teling ſuch Divine Songs as were inſpired by God to the Prophets or holy Men of God. | Either 1. Metaphorically, to extol and praiſe God for exalting the horn ( i. e. the Power and Kingdom) .of David ; of which Phraſe ſee Pſal.g2. 10. & 132, 179. Or rather 2. Properly, to praiſe God with the ſound of a Trumpet ( as was uſual, as 2 Chron, 5. 12+ & 13.22. ) orſome other Muſical Inſtrument made . of Horn, which being a Martial kind of Muſick, might be moſt rateful to Davide Martial Spirit : though he was alſo skilled in other nſtruments of Muſick which he uſed in the Houſe of God, as is
expreſſed in the next Verſe.
6 All theſe were under the hands mz of their father for ſong in the Houſe of God, with cymbals, Pfalteries and Harps, for 'the ſervice of the Houſe of God, +
f ch; z, according to the kings order, to Aſaph, Jeduthun, and the bang, Heman »,