1 Chronicles 23:5
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5 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments (A)that I have made for praise.”
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Amos 6:5
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5 (A)who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
and like David (B)invent for themselves instruments of music,
Psalm 87:7
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2 Chronicles 29:25-26
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25 (A)And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, (B)according to the commandment of David and of Gad (C)the king's seer and of (D)Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets. 26 The Levites stood with (E)the instruments of David, (F)and the priests with the trumpets.
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2 Chronicles 8:14
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14 According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed (A)the divisions of the priests for their service, (B)and the Levites for their offices of praise and (C)ministry before the priests (D)as the duty of each day required, and (E)the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David (F)the man of God had commanded.
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Nehemiah 7:73
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73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their towns.
(A)And when the seventh month had come, the people of Israel were in their towns.
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Ezra 7:7
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7 And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and (A)some of the priests and (B)Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple (C)servants.
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2 Chronicles 35:15
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15 The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place (A)according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's (B)seer; (C)and the gatekeepers were at each gate. They did not need to depart from their service, for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
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2 Chronicles 20:19-21
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19 And the Levites, of the (A)Kohathites and the (B)Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
20 And they rose early in the morning and went out into (C)the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! (D)Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.” 21 And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the Lord and praise him (E)in holy attire, as they went before the army, and say,
(F)“Give thanks to the Lord,
for his steadfast love endures forever.”
1 Chronicles 26:1-12
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Divisions of the Gatekeepers
26 As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 And Meshelemiah had sons: (A)Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 4 And (B)Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, (C)for God blessed him. 6 Also to his son Shemaiah were sons born who were rulers in their fathers' houses, for they were men of great ability. 7 The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers were able men, Elihu and Semachiah. 8 All these were of the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and brothers, able men qualified for the service; sixty-two of Obed-edom. 9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, able men, eighteen. 10 And (D)Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him chief), 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
12 These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brothers did, ministering in the house of the Lord.
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1 Chronicles 25:1-7
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David Organizes the Musicians
25 David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of (A)Asaph, and of (B)Heman, and of (C)Jeduthun, who (D)prophesied with lyres, with (E)harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who (F)prophesied under the direction of the king. 3 Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,[a] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, (G)who prophesied with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. 4 Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 5 All these were the sons of Heman (H)the king's seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the Lord with cymbals, (I)harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king. 7 The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the Lord, all who were skillful, was (J)288.
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- 1 Chronicles 25:3 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts lack Shimei
1 Chronicles 16:41-42
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41 With them were (A)Heman and Jeduthun (B)and the rest of those chosen and (C)expressly named to give thanks to the Lord, (D)for his steadfast love endures forever. 42 Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments (E)for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.
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1 Chronicles 16:38
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38 and also (A)Obed-edom and his[a] sixty-eight brothers, while (B)Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and (C)Hosah were to be gatekeepers.
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- 1 Chronicles 16:38 Hebrew their
1 Chronicles 15:16-24
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16 David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on (A)musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. 17 So the Levites appointed (B)Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers (C)Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, (D)Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 18 and with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel. 19 The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals; 20 Zechariah, (E)Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to (F)Alamoth; 21 but Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, (G)Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to (H)the Sheminith. 22 Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, should direct the music, for he understood it. 23 Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark. 24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, should (I)blow the trumpets before the ark of God. (J)Obed-edom and Jehiah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.
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1 Chronicles 9:33
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33 Now these, the (A)singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.
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1 Chronicles 9:17-27
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17 The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen (Shallum was the chief); 18 until then they were (A)in the king's gate on the east side as the gatekeepers of the camps of the Levites. 19 Shallum the son of Kore, son of (B)Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers' house, the (C)Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance. 20 And (D)Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the chief officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him. 21 (E)Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 22 All these, who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds, were 212. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. (F)David and Samuel (G)the seer established them in their office of trust. 23 So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards. 24 The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south. 25 And their kinsmen who were (H)in their villages were obligated to come (I)in every seven days, in turn, to be with these, 26 for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted to be over (J)the chambers and the treasures of the house of God. 27 And they lodged around the house of God, for on them lay the duty of watching, and (K)they had charge of opening it every morning.
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1 Chronicles 6:31-48
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31 These are the men (A)whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord (B)after the ark rested there. 32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order. 33 These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of (C)Samuel, 34 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, 35 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, 36 son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, 37 son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, 38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel; 39 and his brother (D)Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, 40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah, 41 son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah, 42 son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, 43 son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. 44 On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, 45 son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, 46 son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, 47 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. 48 And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
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1 Kings 10:12
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12 And the king made of the almug wood supports for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for the singers. No such almug wood has come or been seen to this day.
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