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.
1 Chronicles 25:7 in other translations
| BSB | Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288. |
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| WEB | The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to the LORD, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight. |
| ASV | And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight. |
| YLT | And their number, with their brethren--taught in the song of Jehovah, all who are intelligent--is two hundred, eighty and eight. |
| DARBY | And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of Jehovah, all of them skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight. |
| BBE | And the number of them, with their brothers who were trained and expert in making melody to the Lord, was two hundred and eighty-eight. |
| Webster | So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were skillful, was two hundred and eighty eight. |
What does 1 Chronicles 25:7 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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1 Chronicles 25:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 25:7
- 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.
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Context
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 25:8
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
1 Chronicles 25:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el número de ellos con sus hermanos instruídos en música de Jehová, todos los aptos, fué doscientos ochenta y ocho. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et leur nombre, avec leurs frères instruits dans l’art de chanter à l’ Éternel, tous les hommes experts, était de 288. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es war ihre Zahl mit ihren Brüdern, die im Gesange Jehovas geübt waren: aller Kundigen 288. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fuit autem numerus eorum cum fratribus suis, qui erudiebant canticum Domini, cuncti doctores, ducenti octoginta octo. |