1 Chronicles 25
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Chapter 25
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Verses:
The person's that were to be employed in singing, ver. 1 - 7.
The order in which they were to attend determined by lot, ver. 8 - 31.
| 25:1 | And captains - All the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites, whom David gathered together, chap. 23:2 , for thisvery end, that with their approbation and consent, all these things might beestablished; who are here fitly called the captains of the host; for theprinces were, under David, the chief captains of the militia of thekingdom; and as the Levites are called an host, and the Lord's host,because of their number and order in holy ministrations; so these priestsand Levites were the captains and governors of the rest.Separated - Distributed them into their several ranks: which, tho' chieflydone by David as a prophet, and by Divine direction, yet is imputed inpart to the captains of the host, because it was done with their concurrenceand approbation. The service - To the service of God under the conduct ofthese persons. Prophecy - Praise God by singing the psalms of David,and other sacred songs made by themselves, who were prophets, or by otherprophets or holy men of God. Workmen - Of the persons employed in thissacred work. This good work it seems Samuel revived, but did not liveto bring it to perfection. Let each in his day do what he can for God, tho'he cannot carry it so far as he would. When we are gone, God can raise upothers to build on our foundation, and bring forth the top - stone. |
| 25:2 | Of Asaph - Under his direction. Of the king - In such manner and order as David appointed. |
| 25:3 | Six - Jeduthun their father being included in that number: or Shimei, mentioned ver. 17 . |
| 25:5 | The king's seer - He is called the king's seer, either because the king took special delight in him; or because he frequently attendedthe king in his palace, executing his sacred office there, while the restwere employed in the tabernacle. In the words - To sing Divine songs aswere inspired by God to the prophets or holy men of God. The horn - Topraise God with the sound of a trumpet or some other musical instrumentmade of horn, which being a martial kind of music, might be most gratefulto David's martial spirit: tho' he was also skilled in other instrumentsof music which he used in the house of God. |
| 25:7 | Cunning - Who were so skilful that they were able to teach others; and together with their scholars, made up the four thousand mentionedchap. 23:5 . |
| 25:8 | Ward - A course of Levites answerable to one of the priests, upon whom the Levites were to wait in their holy ministrations,chap. 23:28 .The scholar - Without any respect to their different ages or abilities. |
| 25:9 | To Joseph - For the family of Asaph, of which Joseph was.Here that clause, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve, is to beunderstood, as it is expressed in all the following verses, otherwisethey do not make up that number of two hundred and eighty - eight mentionedver. 7 . |