chief

Of the sonnes of Merari: Asaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundred and twentie.

Of the sonnes of Gershom: Ioel the chiefe, and his brethren an hundred and thirtie.

Of the sonnes of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chiefe, and his brethren two hundred.

Of the sonnes of Hebron: Eliel the chiefe, and his brethren fourescore.

Of the sonnes of Uzziel: Amminadab the chiefe, and his brethren an hundred and twelue.

And said vnto them, Yee are the chiefe of the fathers of the Leuites: sanctifie your selues both yee and your brethren, that you may bring vp the Arke of the LORD God of Israel, vnto the place that I haue prepared for it.

And Dauid spake to the chiefe of the Leuites, to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musicke, Psalteries, and Harpes, and Cymbales, sounding, by lifting vp the voice with ioy.

And Chenaniah chiefe of the Leuites was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilfull.

1611 marginal noteOr was for the cariage: he instructed about the cariage.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lifting vp.

Asaph the chiefe, and next to him Zachariah, Ieiel, and Shemiramoth, and Iehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed Edom: and Ieiel with Psalteries and with harpes: but Asaph made a sound with cymbals.

1611 marginal noteHeb. with instruments of Psalteries, &c harps

And Benaiah the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the Cherethites, and the Pelethites: and the sonnes of Dauid were chiefe about the king.

1611 marginal noteHeb. at the hand of the King.