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1Ch 25:1 — Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the captains		That is, the chief of the several orders; not military captains. 1Ch 12:28; 1Ch 23:2; 1Ch 24:5,6; 2Ch 23:1,9
Asaph		1Ch 6:33,39,44; 1Ch 15:16-19
prophesy		The word prophesy, here, seems to mean no more than praising God by singing inspired prophetical hymns. 1Ch 25:3; 1Sa 10:5; 2Ki 3:15; 1Cr 14:24-26
harps		1Ch 15:16-21; 1Ch 16:4,5,42; 1Ch 23:5-7; 2Ch 23:13; 2Ch 29:25,26; 2Ch 31:2; 2Ch 34:12; Ezr 3:10,11; Neh 12:24,27,43-46; Psa 81:2; Psa 92:1-3; Psa 150:3-5; Rev 15:2-4

Correlating Passages

the captains

	1Ch 12:28	And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
	1Ch 23:2	And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
	1Ch 24:5	Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors [of the house] of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
	1Ch 24:6	And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, [one] of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and [before] the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and [one] taken for Ithamar.
	2Ch 23:1	And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
	2Ch 23:9	Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that [had been] king David's, which [were] in the house of God.

Asaph

	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,
	1Ch 6:39	And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, [even] Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
	1Ch 6:44	And their brethren the sons of Merari [stood] on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
	1Ch 15:16	And 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.
	1Ch 15:17	So 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;
	1Ch 15:18	And 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.
	1Ch 15:19	So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;

prophesy

	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.
	1Sa 10:5	After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
	2Ki 3:15	But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
	1Cr 14:24	But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or [one] unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
	1Cr 14:25	And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on [his] face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
	1Cr 14:26	How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

harps

	1Ch 15:16	And 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.
	1Ch 15:17	So 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;
	1Ch 15:18	And 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.
	1Ch 15:19	So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound with cymbals of brass;
	1Ch 15:20	And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
	1Ch 15:21	And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
	1Ch 16:4	And he appointed [certain] of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
	1Ch 16:5	Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
	1Ch 16:42	And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun [were] porters.
	1Ch 23:5	Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith].
	1Ch 23:6	And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
	1Ch 23:7	Of the Gershonites [were], Laadan, and Shimei.
	2Ch 23:13	And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
	2Ch 29:25	And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for [so was] the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
	2Ch 29:26	And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
	2Ch 31:2	And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
	2Ch 34:12	And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them [were] Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set [it] forward; and [other of] the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
	Ezr 3:10	And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
	Ezr 3:11	And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because [he is] good, for his mercy [endureth] for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
	Neh 12:24	And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
	Neh 12:27	And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
	Neh 12:43	Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
	Neh 12:44	And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
	Neh 12:45	And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, [and] of Solomon his son.
	Neh 12:46	For in the days of David and Asaph of old [there were] chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
	Psa 81:2	Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
	Psa 92:1	[[A Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day.]] [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
	Psa 92:2	To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
	Psa 92:3	Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
	Psa 150:3	Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
	Psa 150:4	Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
	Psa 150:5	Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
	Rev 15:2	And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, [and] over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
	Rev 15:3	And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints.
	Rev 15:4	Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

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