1 Chronicles 15 · Verse 21

1 Chronicles 15:21

And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
1 Chronicles 15:21, King James Version

1 Chronicles 15:21 in other translations

BSBAnd Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.
WEBand Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
ASVand Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.
YLTand Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps, on the octave, to oversee.
DARBYand Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to lead the singing.
BBEAnd Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel and Azaziah, with corded instruments on the octave, to give the first note of the song.
WebsterAnd Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

What does 1 Chronicles 15:21 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 On the Sheminith - According to the Targum, this signifies an instrument that sounded an octave, or, according to others, an instrument with eight strings. The Syriac and Arabic have it, instruments to sing with daily, at the third, sixth, and ninth hour; the Vulgate, an octave, for a song of victory: some think the eighth band of the musicians is intended, who had the strongest and most sonorous voices; and that it is in this sense that shelomith and lenatstseach should be understood.

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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 15:21 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.

וּמַתִּתְיָ֣הוּu.ma.tit.Ya.huand MattithiahH4993
וֶאֱלִֽיפְלֵ֗הוּve.'e.li.fe.Le.huand EliphelehuH466
וּמִקְנֵיָ֙הוּ֙u.mik.ne.Ya.huand MikneiahH4737
וְעֹבֵ֣דve.'o.Vedand Obed-H5654
אֱדֹ֔ם'e.DomEdomH5654
וִֽיעִיאֵ֖לvi.'i.'Eland JeielH3273
וַעֲזַזְיָ֑הוּva.'a.zaz.Ya.huand AzaziahH5812
בְּכִנֹּר֥וֹתbe.khi.no.Rotwith harpsH3658
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַשְּׁמִינִ֖יתha.she.mi.Nitthe sheminithH8067
לְנַצֵּֽחַ\׃le.na.Tze.achto act as overseersH5329

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 15:21

  • 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.

  • Psalms 150:3

    Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

  • Psalms 81:1-2

    To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

  • Psalms 92:3

    Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

  • Psalms 6:1-10

    To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long? Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake. …

  • 1 Chronicles 25:6-7

    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. So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

  • 1 Samuel 10:5

    After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

  • Psalms 12:1

    To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

  • 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;

  • Psalms 33:2

    Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mattithiah.
18; 16:5
harps.
25:6,7; 1Sa 10:5; Ps 33:2; 81:1,2; 92:3; 150:3
Sheminith to excel. or, eighth to oversee.
Ps 6:1; 12:1; *titles

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 15:20

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

  • 1 Chronicles 15:21

    And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed–edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:22

    And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

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1 Chronicles 15:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Mathithías, Eliphelehu, Micnías, Obed-edom, Jehiel, y Azazías, cantaban con arpas en la octava sobresaliendo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et Matthithia, et Éliphelé, et Miknéïa, et Obed-Édom, et Jehiel, et Azazia, avec des harpes sur le mode de Sheminith, pour diriger le chant.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und Mattithja und Elipheleh und Mikneja und Obed-Edom und Jeghiel und Asasja mit Lauten auf Scheminith: um den Gesang zu leiten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Porro Mathathias, et Eliphalu, et Macenias, et Obededom, et Jehiel, et Ozaziu, in citharis pro octava canebant epinicion.