1 Chronicles 15:24 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
1 Chronicles 15:24
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
Shebanjah · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Jehoshaphat
וְיֽוֹשָׁפָ֡טve.yo.sha.Fat
H3146
Joshaphat · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Nethaneel
וּנְתַנְאֵ֡לu.ne.tan.'El
H5417
Nethanel · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Amasai
וַעֲמָשַׂ֡יva.'a.ma.Sai
H6022
Amasai · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Zechariah
וּ֠זְכַרְיָהוּU.ze.khar.ya.hu
H2148
Zecarjah · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Benaiah
וּבְנָיָ֤הוּu.ve.na.Ya.hu
H1141
Benajah · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Eliezer
וֶֽאֱלִיעֶ֙זֶר֙ve.'e.li.'E.zer
H461
Eliezer · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
priests
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.Nim
H3548
literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
blow
מַחְצְרִים֙ma.cha.tzo.tze.rim
H2690
to trumpet · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine plural absolute
trumpets
בַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹתba.cha.Tzo.tze.Rot
H2689
a trumpet (from its sundered or quavering note) · preposition + noun, common feminine plural absolute
before
לִפְנֵ֖יlif.Nei
H6440
the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
ark
אֲר֣וֹן'a.Ron
H727
a box · noun, common masculine singular construct
God
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him
H430
gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
Obed-edom
וְעֹבֵ֤דve.'o.Ved
H5654
Obed-Edom · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Jehiah
וִֽיחִיָּ֔הvi.chi.Yah
H3174
Jechijah · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
doorkeepers
שֹׁעֲרִ֖יםsho.'a.Rim
H7778
a janitor · noun, common masculine plural absolute
ark
לָאָרֽוֹןla.'a.Ron
H727
a box · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
Numbers 10:8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generat…
1 Chronicles 15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymb…
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, a…
1 Chronicles 15:23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
2 Chronicles 5:12-13 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in w…
Psalms 81:13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
Joel 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD co…
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 15:1-24
Preparation is here made for the bringing of the ark home to the city of David from the house of Obed-edom. It is here owned that in the former attempt, though it was a very good work and in it they sought God, yet they sought him, not after the due order, Ch1 15:13. "We did not go about our work considerately; and therefore we sped so ill." Note, It is not enough that we do that which is good, but we must do it well - not enough that we seek God in a due ordinance, but we must seek after him, in a due order. Note, also, When we have suffered for our irregularities we must learn thereby to be more regular; then we answer the end of chastisement. Let us see how the matter was mended. 1. David…
Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers--who marched immediately in front, while Obed-edom and Jeiel went in the rear, of the ark.
Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 15:22
Chenaniah - he instructed about the song - This appears to have been the master singer; he gave the key and the time, for he presided במשא bemassa, in the elevation, probably meaning what is called pitching the tune, for he was skillful in music, and powerful in his voice, and well qualified to lead the band: be might have been precentor.
John Gill on 1 Chronicles 15:24
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God,.... With the silver trumpets; one use of which was to blow with when the camps and ark of the Lord moved, Numbers 10:5.
and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark; they went behind it, as the others before it, for the same purpose, as it was bringing up.
Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 15:24
So David and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands,.... He and the principal men of the nation, and the officers of the army or militia:
went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obededom with joy; with all demonstrations of it; for which purpose such a band of music was prepared, as before described.
Dictionary and topics
Amasai — Burdensome. (1.) A Levite, son of Elkanah, of the ancestry of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:25, 35). (2.) The leader of a body of men who joined David in the “stronghold,” probably of Adullam (1 Chr. 12:18). (3.)…
Amasai, Or Amasai — (burdensome)
Ark Of The Covenant — The first piece of the tabernacle’s furniture, for which precise directions were delivered. Exod 25. I. Description.— It appears to have been an oblong chest of shittim (acacia) wood, 2 1/2 cubits…
Benaiah — Built up by Jehovah. (1.) The son of Jehoiada, chief priest (1 Chr. 27:5). He was set by David over his body-guard of Cherethites and Pelethites (2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kings 1:32; 1 Chr. 18:17). His…
Chronicles, Books of — The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., “Acts of the Days.” This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version “Chronicon,” and hence…
Eliezar — (God is his help).
Eliezer — God his help. (1.) “Of Damascus,” the “steward” (R.V., “possessor”) of Abraham’s house (Gen. 15:2, 3). It was probably he who headed the embassy sent by Abraham to the old home of his family in…
Jehiah — (Jehovah lives), “doorkeeper for the ark” at the time of its establishment in Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles 15:24) (B.C. 1043.)
Jehoshaphat — Jehovah-judged. (1.) One of David’s body-guard (1 Chr. 11:43). (2.) One of the priests who accompanied the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:24). (3.) Son of Ahilud, “recorder” or annalist…
Kirjath-jearim — City of jaars; i.e., of woods or forests, a Gibeonite town (Josh. 9:17) on the border of Benjamin, to which tribe it was assigned (18:15, 28). The ark was brought to this place (1 Sam. 7:1, 2) from…
Music — Jubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen. 4:21). The Hebrews were much given to the cultivation of music. Their whole history and literature afford abundant evidence of this. After the…
Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 15:21
lyres: Hebrew adds according to the Sheminith. Sheminith might be related to a term meaning “octave,” suggesting a lower vocal range.
Rashi on 1 Chronicles 15:22
And Chenaniah, the leader of the Levites in song In what was he a leader? In בַּמַּשָּׂא, in raising [the voice in]song.
he would chastise in song He would chastise and reprove them concerning raising the voice in the melody of the song, whether to raise the voice or lower [it].
because he was an expert in raising [the voice] in the melody, and the expression of מֵבִין applies to the study of voice. A similar instance is found (below 25:7): “And their number with their brethren, trained in song to the Lord, every expert (מֵבִין) etc.,” and it is written (ibid. verse 8): “and they cast lots, etc.,...expert (מֵבִין) with student.”
Nethaneel — Given of God. (1.) The son of Zuar, chief of the tribe of Issachar at the Exodus (Num. 1:8; 2:5). (2.) One of David’s brothers (1 Chr. 2:14). (3.) A priest who blew the trumpet before the ark when it…
Obededom — (servant of Edom).
Shebaniah — Whom Jehovah hides, or has made grow up. (1.) A Levite appointed to blow the trumpet before the ark of God (1 Chr. 15:24). (2.) Another Levite (Neh. 9:4, 5). (3.) A priest (Neh. 10:12). (4.) A Levite…
Trumpets — Were of a great variety of forms, and were made of divers materials. Some were made of silver (Num. 10:2), and were used only by the priests in announcing the approach of festivals and in giving…
Zechariah — Jehovah is renowned or remembered. (1.) A prophet of Judah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel, he was of priestly extraction. He describes himself (1:1) as “the son of…
Amasai · 3. A priest and trumpeter — 3. A priest and trumpeter
Ark · .OF GOD — .OF GOD
Benaiah · 4. A priest — 4. A priest
Eliezer · 4. A priest — 4. A priest
Jehiah · A Levite and doorkeeper of the ark of the covenant — A Levite and doorkeeper of the ark of the covenant
Nethaneel · 2. A priest and doorkeeper for the ark of the covenant — 2. A priest and doorkeeper for the ark of the covenant
Obed-Edom · .Doorkeeper of the ark of the covenant — .Doorkeeper of the ark of the covenant
Shebaniah · 1. A priest in the time of David — 1. A priest in the time of David
Tact · .In organizing the temple music — .In organizing the temple music
Trumpet · In worship — In worship
Zechariah (Zecharias) · 2. Three Levites in the days of David — 2. Three Levites in the days of David
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
