Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 6:33
And these [are] they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
33 38 (= 18 23 according to the Heb. division). The descent of Heman, David’s singer, through Kohath from Levi
33. a singer ] R.V. the singer.
Shemuel ] R.V. Samuel, the well-known prophet being the person meant. Samuel is a form derived from the LXX. through the Latin Vulgate; but Shemuel is a more correct transliteration of the Hebrew name. Cp. 1Ch 6:26-28, notes.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
These, to wit,
Heman here mentioned; and Asaph, 1Ch 6:39; and Ethan, 1Ch 6:44.
Shemuel, or, Samuel the prophet.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
33. Shemuelthat is, Samuel.This is the exact representation of the Hebrew name.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Ver. 33-38. And these are they that waited with their children,…. They and their posterity, who officiated in the service of singing psalms in the sanctuary: the three heads of them were of the three families of the Levites, as follow:
of the sons of the Kohathites, Heman a singer; the chief of the singers, and who composed psalms and hymns, which are in the book of Psalms:
the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel; or Samuel. This Heman was grandson of Samuel the prophet; for whose sake his genealogy is traced up to Jacob or Israel in the following verses, and stands thus; after Samuel, Elkanah, Jeroham, Eliel, Toah, Zuph, Elkanah, Mahath, Amasai, Elkanah, Joel, Azariah, Zephaniah, Tahath, Assir, Ebiasaph, Korah, Izhar, Kohath, Levi, Israel.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(33) And these are they that waited (stood) with their children.The main sentence which began at 1Ch. 6:31, and was suspended by the parenthetic 1Ch. 6:32, is now resumed. The persons meant are the three chiefs of the Levitical guilds of musicians, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan; their children are the members of those guilds. (Comp. the phrase, sons of the prophets, i.e., members of prophetic guilds, 2Ki. 9:1; Amo. 7:14.) 1Ch. 25:1-7 supplies the names of the principal sons of the three masters. Their Levitical descent is shown in the genealogies here traced up from themselves to Levi. First we have the pedigree of Heman (1Ch. 6:33-38) the Kohathite.
Heman a singer.Rather, the singer or minstrel. Heman, as representing the chief branch of the Levites, is primus inter pares as regards the other master singers. His choir occupied the centre, having on its right that of the Gershonite Asaph, on its left that of the Merarite Ethan (1Ch. 6:39; 1Ch. 6:44), so that Heman would conduct the whole body of musicians, when the three choirs chanted in concert. The word minstrel is more appropriate than singer because the original term (hamshrr) implies singing which the singer himself accompanies with an instrument of music. (See 1Ch. 25:6; LXX., .)
Son of Joel, the son of Shemuel.It is interesting to learn that Heman, the great minstrel, was a grandson of Samuel the great prophet. (For the connection between music and prophecy, see 2Ki. 3:15; 1Sa. 10:5-6; and below, 1Ch. 25:1, Note.) Considering that some have denied that Samuel was a Levite, the point of contact here noted looks like an undesigned coincidence.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 6:33 And these [are] they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
Ver. 33. Heman. ] He was Samuel’s grandchild, by Joel. The posterity (haply, not immediate) of the righteous shall be blessed.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
waited-stood. children = sons.
Heman, &c. = Heman the singer, Samuel’s grandson. See 1Ch 15:17-19; 1Ch 25:1-6. Compare 1Ki 4:31, and see his name in the Psalm titles (App-63.)
Joel. See note on 1Ch 6:28.
Shemuel = Samuel. Twenty-one generations given.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Heman: 1Ch 15:17, 1Ch 15:19, 1Ch 16:41, 1Ch 16:42, 1Ch 25:1-5, 2Ch 5:12, 2Ch 29:14, Psa 88:1, *title
Joel: 1Ch 6:28, Vashni
Shemuel: This variation, as well as some others, only exists in the translation; the Hebrew being uniformly Shemuel. 1Ch 6:28, 1Sa 1:20, 1Sa 1:28, Samuel
Reciprocal: Exo 6:24 – Korah 1Ki 4:31 – Heman 1Ch 2:6 – Heman 1Ch 6:32 – and then 1Ch 6:61 – And unto 1Ch 9:32 – the sons 1Ch 23:8 – Joel 1Ch 25:4 – Heman Psa 42:1 – the sons