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1 Chronicles 15:18 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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 Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters. "
1 Chronicles 15:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
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 Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
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 15:1
"And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent."
1 Chronicles 15:2
"Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever."
1 Chronicles 15:3
"And David gathered ➔ all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it."
1 Chronicles 15:4
"And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:"
1 Chronicles 15:5
"Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:"
1 Chronicles 15:6
"Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:"
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