1 Chronicles 15 · Verse 19

1 Chronicles 15:19

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
1 Chronicles 15:19, King James Version

1 Chronicles 15:19 in other translations

BSBThe musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.
WEBSo the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;
ASVSo the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
YLTand the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to sound,
DARBYand the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound aloud with cymbals of brass;
BBESo those who made melody, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were put in position, with brass instruments, sounding loudly;
WebsterSo the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;

What does 1 Chronicles 15:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 15:16-24

16-24. David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint ... the singers with instruments--These eminent Levites were instructed to train the musicians and singers who were under them, for the solemn procession. The performers were ranged in three choirs or bands, and the names of the principal leaders are given (1Ch 15:17, 18, 21), with the instruments respectively used by each. "Ben" (1Ch 15:18) is omitted (1Ch…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:1-24

Wise and good men may be guilty of oversights, which they will correct, as soon as they are aware of them. David does not try to justify what had been done amiss, nor to lay the blame on others; but he owns himself guilty, with others, of not seeking God in due order

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1 Chronicles 15:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔יםve.ham.Sho.re.Rimand the singersH7891
הֵימָ֥ןhei.ManHemanH1968
אָסָ֖ף'a.SafAsaphH623
וְאֵיתָ֑ןve.'ei.Tanand EthanH387
בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִםbim.tzil.Ta.yimwith cymbalsH4700
נְחֹ֖שֶׁתne.Cho.shetbronzeH5178
לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ\׃le.hash.Mi.a'[were] to sound aloudH8085

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 15:19

  • 1 Chronicles 25:6

    All 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:8

    And 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 16:42

    And 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 16:5

    Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed–edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

  • 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 25:1

    Moreover 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:

  • Psalms 150:5

    Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

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16; 13:8; 16:5,42; 25:1,6; Ps 150:5

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 15:18

    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 Obed–edom, and Jeiel, the porters.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:19

    So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;

  • 1 Chronicles 15:20

    And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;

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1 Chronicles 15:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así Hemán, Asaph, y Ethán, que eran cantores, sonaban con címbalos de metal.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les chantres, Héman, Asaph, et Éthan, avec des cymbales d’airain, pour les faire retentir;
German
Elberfelder 1871		und zwar die Sänger Heman, Asaph und Ethan, mit ehernen Cymbeln, um laut zu spielen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Porro cantores, Heman, Asaph, et Ethan, in cymbalis æneis concrepantes.