{"id":10823,"date":"2022-09-24T03:44:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T08:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-chronicles-1520\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T03:44:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T08:44:42","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-chronicles-1520","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-chronicles-1520\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 15:20"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 20<\/strong>. <em> on Alamoth<\/em> ] R.V. <strong> set to Alamoth<\/strong>; cp. <span class='bible'>Psalms 46<\/span> (title) R.V.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\"><B>Psalteries on Alamoth &#8211; <\/B>Probably, psalteries whose tone resembled the voices of girls (<span class='_800000'><\/span> <I><\/I><I>alamoth<\/I>). Compare the female flutes of the Lydians.<\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Albert Barnes&#8217; Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> Verse <span class='bible'>20<\/span>. <I><B>With psalteries on Alamoth<\/B><\/I>] Some suppose that the word signifies <I>virgins<\/I>, or <I>women singers<\/I>, the persons mentioned here being appointed to accompany them with psalteries, and preside over them.<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> The Vulgate says <I>arcana cantabant<\/I>, they sang <I>secret things<\/I> or <I>mysteries<\/I>; probably <I>prophetic hymns<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Adam Clarke&#8217;s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> In this catalogue <I>Ben<\/I> is omitted, who was mentioned <span class='bible'>1Ch 15:18<\/span>. Yet others think him to be the same who is called <I>Azaziah<\/I>, <span class='bible'>1Ch 15:21<\/span>. But <I>Ben<\/I> might be some other person, who was indeed appointed for this work, as is related, <span class='bible'>1Ch 15:17<\/span>,<span class='bible'>18<\/span>; and yet he might be taken off by death or sickness, or some sudden and extraordinary accident which hindered his execution of the place and work allotted for him, which might force the chief of the Levites to appoint some other in his stead, when they came to put their institution in practice, as here they did. <\/P> <P><B>On Alamoth, <\/B>or, <I>with<\/I> (as that particle is elsewhere used) <I>Alamoth<\/I>, which is thought to be the name of an instrument of music; or of a certain tune, or note, or part in music. The certain signification of it is not now known, nor is it necessary for us to know it. And the like may be said of <I>Sheminith<\/I>, <span class='bible'>1Ch 15:21<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah<\/strong>,&#8230;. Who were eight of the second degree; Aziel is the same with Jaaziel, <span class='bible'>1Ch 15:18<\/span> and Ben is left out, in whose room Azaziah, in the next verse, seems to be put; Ben is thought to be sick or dead before they came to execute their office, and whom the father of Kimchi takes to be the same with him who is expressed in the title of <span class='bible'>Ps 9:1<\/span> which title is, &#8220;on Muthlabben&#8221;, or the death of Ben: these were appointed to sound<\/p>\n<p><strong>with psalteries on Alamoth<\/strong>; psalteries were another kind of instruments of music; and Alamoth was either the beginning of a song, to the tune of which those instruments played, or the tune itself, and the note of it; either the treble or counter tenor, a shrill sound, like that of organs, which this word sometimes signifies, see <span class='bible'>Ps 46:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>THE ARK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>V. Two warders of the Ark.<br \/>VI. The king, with the heads of the nation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(20) The eight harpers. Perhaps Maaseiah or Benaiah belongs to the next verse. This would give seven (comp. <span class='bible'>1Ch. 15:24<\/span>) in each band.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aziel<\/strong> should be Jaaziel, as in <span class='bible'>1Ch. 15:18<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jehiel.<\/strong><em>God liveth.<\/em> Jeiel=Jeuel (<span class='bible'>1Ch. 9:6<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Ch. 9:35<\/span>), <em>Remembered of God.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>With psalteries on Alamoth.<\/strong>With harps after the mode of maidens: that is, probably, of soprano compass or pitch. The same expression occurs in the heading of <span class='bible'>Psalms 46<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong><em><span class='bible'>1Ch 15:20<\/span><\/em><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong><em>With psalteries on Alamoth<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong> <em>With psalteries of a deeper sound. <\/em>Houbigant. But respecting this, the word <em>Sheminith <\/em>in the next verse, and other words of the like sort, we refer to our notes upon the Psalms. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> 1Ch 15:20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;<\/p>\n<p> Ver. 20. <strong> On Alamoth.<\/strong> ] <em> See Trapp on &#8220;<\/em> Psa 46:1 <em> &#8221; Title<\/em> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Aziel. Another name, Jaaziel, in 1Ch 15:18. <\/p>\n<p>on. Hebrew. &#8216;al, relating to. <\/p>\n<p>Alamoth. The maidens&#8217; choir (see App-65.) One of three special choirs, the other two being She-minith (a men&#8217;s choir, see App-65. xix); and Jeduthun&#8217;s choir. &#8220;Alarnoth&#8221; found only once as the subscript of Psa 45. See note there. This choir was processional, not ecclesiastical. Compare 1Ch 68:11, 1Ch 68:25, which refers to this event, not to the Exodus. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Aziel: 1Ch 15:18, Jaaziel <\/p>\n<p>Alamoth: Psa 46:1, *title <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: 1Ch 16:5 &#8211; psalteries and with harps 1Ch 23:8 &#8211; Jehiel 1Ch 24:25 &#8211; Zechariah<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>1Ch 15:20. With psalteries on Alamoth  Or, with Alamoth, which is thought by many to be the name of an instrument of music; or of a certain tune, or note, or part in music. Houbigant renders the words with psalteries, of a deeper sound. The certain signification of the expression is not now known.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>15:20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on {i} Alamoth;<\/p>\n<p>(i) This was an instrument of music or a certain tune, to which they sang psalms.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; 20. on Alamoth ] R.V. set to Alamoth; cp. Psalms 46 (title) R.V. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Psalteries on Alamoth &#8211; Probably, psalteries whose tone resembled the voices of girls ( &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-chronicles-1520\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 15:20&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}