And the Levites. — The Levites are the first to rise up, in order to break forth into a hymn of thanksgiving.
Of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites. — Sons of the Kohathites specifies the clan, and sons of the Korhites the house of the musicians who rose up on this occasion. The Korhites were the leading division of Kohath (1 Chronicles 6:22). And is explanatory; even, namely some of the sons of Korah. The “sons of Korah” were a guild of Levitical minstrels of the first rank. (Comp. the headings of many psalms, e.g., 44-49, connecting them with their authorship.)
To praise the Lord God of Israel. — 1 Chronicles 16:14 (hallel).