1 Chronicles 25 · Verse 6

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 25:6, King James Version

1 Chronicles 25:6 in other translations

BSBAll these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.
WEBAll these were under the hands of their father for song in the LORD’s house, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of God’s house: Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.
ASVAll these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.
YLTAll these are by the side of their father in the song of the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; by the side of the king are Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman.
DARBYAll these were under the direction of their fathers Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the direction of the king.
BBEAll these, under the direction of their father, made music in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments, for the worship of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the orders of the king.
WebsterAll 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.

What does 1 Chronicles 25:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 25:6-7
6-7. All these were under the hands of their father--Asaph had four sons, Jeduthun six, and Heman fourteen, equal to twenty-four; making the musicians with their brethren the singers, an amount of two hundred eighty-eight. For, like the priests and Levites, they were divided into twenty-four courses of twelve men each, equal to two hundred eighty-eight, who served a week in rotation; and these, half of whom officiated every week with a proportionate number of assistants, were skilful and experienced musicians, capable of leading and instructing the general musical corps, which comprised no less than four thousand (1Ch 23:5). 1Ch 25:8-31. Their Division by Lot into Four and Twenty Orders.

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1 Chronicles 25:6 in the original Hebrew

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כָּל\־kol-allH3605
אֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
עַל\־'al-[were] onH5921
יְדֵי֩ye.Dei[the] hands ofH3027
אֲבִיהֶ֨ם'a.vi.Hemfather theirH1
בַּשִּׁ֜ירba.Shirwith <the> songH7892
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בִּמְצִלְתַּ֙יִם֙bim.tzil.Ta.yimwith cymbalsH4700
נְבָלִ֣יםne.va.LimlyresH5035
וְכִנֹּר֔וֹתve.khi.no.Rotand harpsH3658
לַעֲבֹדַ֖תla.'a.vo.Datfor [the] service ofH5656
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
עַ֚ל'alonH5921
יְדֵ֣יye.Dei[the] hands ofH3027
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ\ \סha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
אָסָ֥ף'a.SafAsaphH623
וִידוּת֖וּןvi.du.Tunand JeduthunH3038
וְהֵימָֽן\׃ve.hei.Manand HemanH1968

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 25:6

  • 1 Chronicles 25:1-3

    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: Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 68:25

    The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:22

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

  • Ephesians 5:19

    Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

  • 1 Chronicles 23:5

    Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

  • Colossians 3:16

    Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:19

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
under the hands.
2,3
for song.
1-3; 15:22; 23:5; Ps 68:25; Eph 5:19; Col 3:16
according to the king's order. Heb. by the hands of theking.
2; *marg:
Asaph.
1-4

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 25:5

    All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

  • 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 25:7

    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.

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1 Chronicles 25:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y todos estos estaban bajo la dirección de su padre en la música, en la casa de Jehová, con címbalos, salterios y arpas, para el ministerio del templo de Dios, por disposición del rey acerca de Asaph, de Jeduthún, y de Hemán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Tous ceux-là étaient sous la direction de leurs pères, d’Asaph, et de Jeduthun, et d’Héman, dans le chant de la maison de l’ Éternel, avec des cymbales, des luths, et des harpes, pour le service de la maison de Dieu, sous la direction du roi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Alle diese waren unter der Leitung ihrer Väter, Asaph und Jeduthun und Heman, beim Gesange im Hause Jehovas, mit Cymbeln, Harfen und Lauten, zum Dienste des Hauses Gottes, nach der Anweisung des Königs.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Universi sub manu patris sui ad cantandum in templo Domini distributi erant, in cymbalis, et psalteriis, et citharis, in ministeria domus Domini juxta regem: Asaph videlicet, et Idithun, et Heman.