Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 25:6
All these [were] under the hands of their father for song [in] the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
6. according to Heman ] R.V. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Under the hands. i.e. under his direction, as 1Ch 25:2.
According to the kings order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, Heb. by the hands of the king, and of Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, i.e. according to the kings appointment, and under the conduct of Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
6, 7. All these were under the handsof their fatherAsaph had four sons, Jeduthun six, and Hemanfourteen, equal to twenty-four; making the musicians with theirbrethren the singers, an amount of two hundred eighty-eight. For,like the priests and Levites, they were divided into twenty-fourcourses of twelve men each, equal to two hundred eighty-eight, whoserved a week in rotation; and these, half of whom officiated everyweek with a proportionate number of assistants, were skilful andexperienced musicians, capable of leading and instructing the generalmusical corps, which comprised no less than four thousand (1Ch23:5).
1Ch25:8-31. THEIRDIVISION BY LOTINTO FOUR ANDTWENTY ORDERS.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
All these were under the hands of their father, for song in the house of the Lord,…. Instructed and directed by him in the performance of the service in the temple:
with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; which were the three principal instruments of music used in the temple service:
according to the king’s order, to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman; who ordered and directed them what to sing, what tunes to make use of, and what instruments to play upon to those tunes.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Ch 25:6 is the subscription to the enumeration, 1Ch 25:2-5. are not the fourteen sons of Heman, but all the sons of Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. All these were under the direction of their fathers for song in the house of Jahve, with cymbals … for the service in the house of God under the direction of the king, etc. is used distributively of each father of the sons named. Bertheau supplies after the name Heman, and thereby the first half of the verse contradicts the second, which he correctly understands to refer to the twenty-four persons enumerated. – In 1Ch 25:7 the total number is given. Their number (the number) of the sons of Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman (i.e., of the twenty-four 4 + 6 + 14 mentioned by name), with their brethren, was 288 (24 x 12); whence we learn that each of those named had eleven , all of them , learned, practised in song for Jahve. In the sons and the brothers are both included, in order to give the total number. , having understanding, knowledge of a thing, denotes here those who by education and practice were skilled in song – the accomplished musicians. Their number was 288, and these were divided into twenty-four choirs (classes). David had, according to 1Ch 23:5, appointed 4000 Levites for the performance of the music. Of these, 288 were skilled in song; the others were scholars ( ), as 1Ch 25:8 shows, where and are the two categories into which the musicians are divided.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(6) All these were under the hands of their father . . . and harps.Rather, All these were under the direction of their conductor in the music in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, harps, and lutes, (See Notes on 1Ch. 25:2-3.)
According to the kings order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.Rather, under the directions of the king (and), Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun. The meaning is that the arrangement of the duties of the minstrels was accomplished by David with the assistance of the three chief musicians, just as, in the classification of the priests, the king had been helped by the chief priests Zadok and Ahimelech (1Ch. 24:3).
All these.That is, the twenty-four leading minstrels, enumerated in 1Ch. 25:2-4. Each performed under the supervision of his own father, i.e., director.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
6. Under the hands of their father Under the direction and leadership of their father.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Ch 25:6 All these [were] under the hands of their father for song [in] the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
Ver. 6. To Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. ] These three were over all the musicians, and the king was over them.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
under the hands: 1Ch 25:2, 1Ch 25:3
for song: 1Ch 25:1-3, 1Ch 15:22, 1Ch 23:5, Psa 68:25, Eph 5:19, Col 3:16
according to the king’s order: Heb. by the hands of the king, 1Ch 25:2, *marg.
Asaph: 1Ch 25:1-4
Reciprocal: 1Ch 2:6 – Heman 1Ch 6:44 – Ethan 1Ch 9:16 – Obadiah 1Ch 15:19 – General 1Ch 15:21 – harps 1Ch 16:42 – musical instruments 2Ch 5:12 – Asaph 2Ch 20:28 – with psalteries 2Ch 29:14 – Jeduthun Neh 12:27 – out Psa 33:2 – Praise Psa 92:3 – instrument Psa 149:3 – with the timbrel Psa 150:5 – the loud cymbals Ecc 2:8 – musical instruments