1 Chronicles 15

1 Chronicles · Chapter 15

1 Chronicles 15:6

1And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.3And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.4And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:5Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:6Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:7Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:8Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:9Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:10Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,12And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.13For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.15And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;18And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;20And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;21And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.25So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.26And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.27And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.29And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

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Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
6Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
of [the] descendants ofלִבְנֵ֖יliv-NEIH1121GNo entry
Merariמְרָרִ֑יme-ra-RIH4847
Merari

מְרָרִי (me.ra.ri) A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11; son of: Levi (H3878); brother of: Gershon (H1648), Kohath (H6955) and Jochebed (H3115); father of: Mahli (H4249), Mushi (H4187) and Jaaziah (H3269) Also named: me.ra.ri (מְרָרִי "Merari" H4848) § Merari = "bitter" the 3rd son of Levi and head of a Levitical family

Asaiahעֲשָׂיָ֣ה'a-sa-YAHH6222K
Asaiah

עֲשָׂיָה (a.sa.yah) A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.15.6 § Asaiah or Asahiah = "made by Jehovah" 1) a prince of the tribe of Simeon in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah 2) a servant of king Josiah of Judah 3) a Merarite Levite, chief of his family, in the time of David

the leaderהַשָּׂ֔רha-SARH8269
ruler

שַׂר (sar) 1) prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain 1a) chieftain, leader 1b) vassal, noble, official (under king) 1c) captain, general, commander (military) 1d) chief, head, overseer (of other official classes) 1e) heads, princes (of religious office) 1f) elders (of representative leaders of people) 1g) merchant-princes (of rank and dignity) 1h) patron-angel 1i) Ruler of rulers (of God) 1j) warden

and relatives hisוְאֶחָ֖יוve-'e-CHAVH0251H
brother: male-sibling

אָח (ach) : male-sibling 1) brother 1a) brother of same parents 1b) half-brother (same father) 1c) relative, kinship, same tribe 1d) each to the other (reciprocal relationship) 1e) (fig.) of resemblance

two hundredמָאתַ֥יִםma-TA-yimH3967
hundred

מֵאָה (me.ah) 1) hundred 1a) as simple number 1b) as part of larger number 1c) as a fraction-one one-hundredth (1/100) Aramaic equivalent: me.ah (מְאָה "hundred" H3969)

and twentyוְעֶשְׂרִֽים׃ סve-'es-RIMH6242
twenty

עֶשְׂרִים (es.rim) twenty, twentieth Aramaic equivalent: es.rin (עֶשְׂרִין "twenty" H6243)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.