{"id":11061,"date":"2022-09-24T03:51:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T08:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-chronicles-253-2\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T03:51:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T08:51:34","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-chronicles-253-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-chronicles-253-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 25:3"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 3<\/strong>. <em> Jeduthun<\/em> ] See <span class='bible'>1Ch 16:41<\/span>, note.<\/p>\n<p><em> Zeri<\/em> ] In <span class='bible'>1Ch 25:11<\/span> &ldquo;Izri.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em> Jeshaiah<\/em> ] After this LXX. B inserts the name &ldquo;Shimei&rdquo; (  ), no doubt rightly for (1) six sons are reckoned in this verse, (2) the &ldquo;Shimei&rdquo; of <span class='bible'>1Ch 25:17<\/span> is otherwise unmentioned in <span class='bible'>1Ch 25:2-4<\/span>, though his twenty-three companions are named.<\/p>\n<p><em> Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise<\/em> ] R.V. <strong> Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> Verse <span class='bible'>3<\/span>. <I><B>The sons of Jeduthun-six<\/B><\/I>] That is, <I>six<\/I> with their <I>father<\/I>, otherwise, there are but <I>five<\/I>. Hence it is said, <I>they<\/I> <I>were under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with<\/I> <I>a harp, &amp;c<\/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> <B>The sons of Jeduthun, <\/B>or, <I>his sons<\/I>, (the construct form being used before the absolute, of which there are examples in Scripture,)<I> Jeduthun<\/I>, called by his fathers name; otherwise they are not <I>six<\/I>, unless either Jeduthun their father be included in that number, or Shimei, mentioned <span class='bible'>1Ch 25:17<\/span>, be one of them, as many learned men think. See the like, <span class='bible'>1Ch 24:23<\/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>Of Jeduthun<\/strong>,&#8230;. Or Ethan, the sons of Jeduthun:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gedaliah and Zeri<\/strong>; called Izri, <span class='bible'>1Ch 25:11<\/span>,<\/p>\n<p><strong>and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six<\/strong>; whereas five only are mentioned; it may be thought that Shimei, <span class='bible'>1Ch 25:17<\/span> is the sixth, he not being mentioned elsewhere; it is a tradition of the Jews, that his mother was now with child of him, and it being foreseen by the Holy Spirit that he would be the chief of a course, the number six is given, as Jarchi observes; but rather, as Kimchi, he was young, and not fit to sing, yet was chosen the head of a course, until he was grown up and fit for it; to these six came up the second, fourth, eighth, twelfth, fourteenth, and tenth lots, <span class='bible'>1Ch 25:9<\/span> and these<\/p>\n<p><strong>[were] under the hands of their father Jeduthun<\/strong>; to instruct and direct them, and appoint their service to them:<\/p>\n<p><strong>who prophesied with a harp<\/strong>; or sung a prophetic psalm or hymn on that:<\/p>\n<p><strong>to give thanks, and to praise the Lord<\/strong>; for what he had done and promised, and foretold he would do for his people.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(3) <strong>Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun.<\/strong>Rather, <em>To Jeduthun<\/em> (<em>i.e.,<\/em> belonging to the guild so called): <em>the sons of Jeduthun were Gedaliah,<\/em> &amp;c.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zeri.<\/strong>The Izri of <span class='bible'>1Ch. 25:11<\/span> is probably right. (Comp. <span class='bible'>Num. 26:49<\/span>.) The error here is as old as the ancient versions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Six.<\/strong>Only five names are now read in the text; that of Shimei (<span class='bible'>1Ch. 25:17<\/span>) has fallen out, the only name in <span class='bible'>1Ch. 25:9-31<\/span> which does not occur in <span class='bible'>1Ch. 25:2-4<\/span>. The Alex. LXX. inserts the name between Jeshaiah and Hashabiah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeshaiah.<\/strong>Elsewhere spelled Isaiah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Under the hands<\/strong> (see last verse) <strong>of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp.<\/strong>Literally, according to the Hebrew punctuation, <em>at the hands of their father Jeduthun, with the lute<\/em> (<em>i.e.,<\/em> provided with lutes, <span class='bible'>1Ch. 15:16<\/span>), <em>who prophesied<\/em> (or <em>was to prophesy<\/em>)<em> for giving thanks and praise to Jehovah.<\/em> (Comp. <span class='bible'>1Ch. 16:4<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>At the hands of their father.<\/strong>Under the direction of their conductor.<\/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> 3<\/strong>. <strong> <\/strong> <strong> Six <\/strong> Only five names are here given, but a comparison of names in vers. 9-31 shows that <em> Shimei <\/em> (<span class='bible'>1Ch 25:17<\/span>) has been dropped out of the text of this verse.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Whedon&#8217;s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> 1Ch 25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.<\/p>\n<p> Ver. 3. <strong> Six.<\/strong> ] But then you must take in Shimei, 1Ch 25:17 to make up the number. <em> a<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em> a<\/em> <em> Hebraei, ob stultam fabulam; alii Scriptoris negligentia omissum volunt.<\/em> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>six. Only five named. The sixth is Shimei (1Ch 25:17). <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Jeduthun: 1Ch 9:16, 1Ch 16:41, 1Ch 16:42, 2Ch 29:14 <\/p>\n<p>Gedaliah: 1Ch 25:9 <\/p>\n<p>Zeri: 1Ch 25:11, Izri <\/p>\n<p>Jeshaiah: 1Ch 25:15 <\/p>\n<p>Mattithiah: 1Ch 25:21, 1Ch 15:18, 1Ch 15:21 <\/p>\n<p>six: &#8220;With Shimei, mentioned 1Ch 25:17.&#8221; Shimei is not only mentioned in the parallel passage, but is supplied here by the Arabic version. <\/p>\n<p>to give thanks: Psa 92:1, Jer 33:11 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: Num 3:20 &#8211; General 2Ki 3:15 &#8211; bring me 1Ch 6:44 &#8211; Ethan 1Ch 16:38 &#8211; Jeduthun 1Ch 25:6 &#8211; under the hands 1Ch 25:19 &#8211; Hashabiah Psa 33:2 &#8211; Praise Psa 105:1 &#8211; Give<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, {b} six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who {c} prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.<\/p>\n<p>(b) Of which one is not here numbered.<\/p>\n<p>(c) Meaning, psalms and songs to praise God.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. 3. Jeduthun ] See 1Ch 16:41, note. Zeri ] In 1Ch 25:11 &ldquo;Izri.&rdquo; Jeshaiah ] After this LXX. 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