1 Chronicles 15:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. ”

• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Harps on the Sheminith - “ Sheminith” properly means “the eighth,” and has been compared with the modern musical term “octave.” Further, “Sheminith” and “Alamoth” are regarded as contrasted, and t...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the (k) Sheminith to excel. (k) Which was the eighth tune, over which he that was most excellent had...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  1 Chronicles 15:1 to 1 Chronicles 16:43 . The Bringing up of the Ark to Jerusalem ( cf. 2 Samuel 6:12-20 a ). The account given by the Chronicler is much more elaborate, stress being laid on...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Sheminith . the eighth. (See App-65.) to excel . to lead.

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. On the Sheminith - According to the Targum, this signifies an instrument that...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. Mattithiah ... with harps on the Sheminith to excel. Gesenius rendered...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The transport of the Ark to Jerusalem This chapter is parallel to 2 Samuel 6:12-23 , but contains much new matter respecting the Levites who bare the ark, and the singers.

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (19-21) The minstrels named in 1 Chronicles 15:17-18 , classified according to their instruments.

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  DAVID 1. HIS TRIBE AND DYNASTY KING and kingdom were so bound up in ancient life that an ideal for the one implied an ideal for the other: all distinction and glory possessed by either was share...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  From this account of bringing the Ark from the house of Obed-edom into the city, it is evident that David had learned the lesson which the death of Uzzah was intended to teach. He declared that the w...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  We have a much more circumstantial account in this chapter, concerning the bringing up of the ark, than was given in the former. David's preparing a place for the reception of the ark, before he fetc...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah ,.... These six were appointed to sound: with harps on the Sheminith to excel ; which Sheminith some take to be an...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. Ver. 21. Upon Sheminith. ] See Trapp on " Psa 6:1 " Title

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  With harps on Sheminith Some think Sheminith signifies a harp with eight strings. But perhaps, as was said of Alamoth, it might be the name of a tune, or note, or part in music. Or it might be the...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Removal of the Ark. B. C. 1047.       1 And David made him houses in the city of David,...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " 1 Chronicles 15:20 " . To excel: the word may be here added to note the excellency of that instrument, or note, or part of music; or that there was a greater extension or elevation...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.] The bulk of this chapter consists of new matter, which the writer of Chronicles found in his authorities, and regarding as important for his purpose, introduced at this point into th...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  1 ; 2 . And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites:...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Chronicles 15:2 . None ought to carry the ark of God but the levites; and they were enjoined to carry it by staves, and on their shoulders. This plainly suggests the reason of God's awful disple...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION 1 Chronicles 15:1 The contents of this verse and the following verses up to the twenty-fifth have no parallel in the Book of Samuel, and excite suggestion respecting the differen...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  List of the Chief Men Partaking

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 15:18 ; 1 Chronicles 16:5 ; 1 Chronicles 25:6 ; 1 Chronicles 25:7 ; 1 Samuel 10:5 ; Psalms 12:1 ; Psalms 150:3 ; Psalms 33:2 ; Psalms 6:1 ; Psalms 81:1 ; Psalms 81:2 ; Psalms...

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• 1 Chronicles 15:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  To excel — Which word may be added to note the excellency of that instrument, or part of musick; or that there was a greater extension or elevation of the voice than in the former. This way of prai...

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