2 Samuel 16:5
The Temple Singers and Musicians. The musicians, according to the Chronicler, also consisted of twenty-four courses. 1 Chronicles 25:1 . Asaph....
The tenth to Shimei, he , his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
Particulars respecting the Singers 1. Separated to the service] RV 'separated for the service certain of the sons,' etc. Jeduthun ] as in 1 Chro...
Shimei. — Omitted by accident from 1 Chronicles 25:3 .
It is easy to imagine what joy the poet king would take in arranging the song service of the new Temple. Music played a very important part in his ca...
The whole of what is here said of the order in which they were placed, and of the method taken to prevent jealousies arising from the natural infirmi...
Ver. 17 1 Chronicles 25:9
8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. 9 Now the first lot came forth for A...
No text from Poole on this verse.
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter relates to the number and offices of the singers ( 1 Chronicles 25:1-8 ); a list of the choirs divided by lot into 24 o...
1 Chronicles 25:1 . Prophesy with harps. They sung, as well as played, in the service of the Lord, the compositions or psalms of holy men. The har...
EXPOSITION 1 Chronicles 25:1-13 The families of the three chiefs in song. 1 Chronicles 25:1 The twenty-four courses of those who were...
Divisions of the Singers into Orders
the tenth to Shimei; he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: