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1 Chronicles 25:1–3

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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:
Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
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.
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From verse 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:33Rank 1 from verse 1
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    33And 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,

  2. 2 Kings 3:15Rank 2 from verse 1
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    15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.

  3. 1 Chronicles 6:39Rank 3 from verse 1
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    39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

  4. 1 Samuel 10:5Rank 4 from verse 1
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    5After 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:

  5. Nehemiah 12:27Rank 5 from verse 1
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    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.

  6. Revelation 15:2–4Rank 6 from verse 1
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    2And 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.

    3And 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.

    4Who 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.

  7. 1 Chronicles 15:16–21Rank 7 from verse 1
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    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 Obed-edom, 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 Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

  8. 1 Chronicles 23:5–7Rank 8 from verse 1
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    5Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

    6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

    7¶ Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.

  9. 1 Chronicles 25:3Rank 9 from verse 1
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    3Of 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.

  10. 1 Corinthians 14:24–26Rank 10 from verse 1
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    24But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:

    25And 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.

    26How 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.

  11. 2 Chronicles 23:13Rank 11 from verse 1
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    13And 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.

  12. 2 Chronicles 29:25–26Rank 12 from verse 1
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    25And 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.

    26And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

  13. 2 Chronicles 34:12Rank 13 from verse 1
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    12And 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.

  14. Nehemiah 12:43–46Rank 14 from verse 1
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    43Also 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.

    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.

    45And 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.

    46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

  15. Psalms 150:3–5Rank 15 from verse 1
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    3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

    4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

    5Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

  16. Psalms 92:1–3Rank 16 from verse 1
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    1IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

    2To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

    3Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

  17. 1 Chronicles 12:28Rank 17 from verse 1
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    28And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.

  18. 1 Chronicles 16:41–42Rank 18 from verse 1
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    41And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever;

    42And 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.

  19. 1 Chronicles 23:2Rank 19 from verse 1
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    2¶ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

  20. 1 Chronicles 24:5–6Rank 20 from verse 1
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    5Thus 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.

    6And 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.

  21. 1 Chronicles 6:44Rank 21 from verse 1
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    44And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

  22. 2 Chronicles 23:1Rank 22 from verse 1
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    1AND 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.

  23. 2 Chronicles 23:9Rank 23 from verse 1
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    9Moreover 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.

  24. 2 Chronicles 31:2Rank 24 from verse 1
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    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.

  25. Ezra 3:10–11Rank 25 from verse 1
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    10And 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.

    11And 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.

  26. Nehemiah 12:24Rank 26 from verse 1
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    24And 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.

  27. Psalms 81:2Rank 27 from verse 1
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    2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

  28. 1 Chronicles 16:4–5Rank 28 from verse 1
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    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:

    5Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

From verse 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 25:6Rank 1 from verse 2
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    6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

  2. 1 Chronicles 16:5Rank 2 from verse 2
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    5Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

  3. 1 Chronicles 25:1Rank 3 from verse 2
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    1MOREOVER 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:

  4. 1 Chronicles 15:17Rank 4 from verse 2
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    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;

  5. 1 Chronicles 25:3Rank 5 from verse 2
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    3Of 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.

  6. 1 Chronicles 6:39Rank 6 from verse 2
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    39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

  7. Isaiah 3:6Rank 7 from verse 2
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    6When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

  8. Psalms 73:1Rank 8 from verse 2
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    1TRULY God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

  9. Psalms 74:1Rank 9 from verse 2
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    1O GOD, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

  10. Psalms 75:1Rank 10 from verse 2
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    1UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

  11. Psalms 76:1Rank 11 from verse 2
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    1IN Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.

  12. Psalms 77:1Rank 12 from verse 2
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    1I CRIED unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

  13. Psalms 78:1Rank 13 from verse 2
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    1GIVE ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

  14. Psalms 79:1Rank 14 from verse 2
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    1O GOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

  15. Psalms 80:1Rank 15 from verse 2
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    1GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

  16. Psalms 81:1Rank 16 from verse 2
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    1SING aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

  17. Psalms 82:1Rank 17 from verse 2
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    1GOD standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

  18. Psalms 83:1Rank 18 from verse 2
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    1KEEP not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.

From verse 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 16:41–42Rank 1 from verse 3
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    41And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever;

    42And 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.

  2. 1 Chronicles 15:18Rank 2 from verse 3
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    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 Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.

  3. 1 Chronicles 15:21Rank 3 from verse 3
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    21And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

  4. 1 Chronicles 25:21Rank 4 from verse 3
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    21The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

  5. 1 Chronicles 9:16Rank 5 from verse 3
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    16And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

  6. 2 Chronicles 29:14Rank 6 from verse 3
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    14And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

  7. Jeremiah 33:11Rank 7 from verse 3
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    11The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the Lord of hosts: for the Lord is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the Lord.

  8. Psalms 92:1Rank 8 from verse 3
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    1IT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

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1 Chronicles 25:1

COMBINED MEANING

moreover

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Besides, further, additionally, or what is more, introducing another statement, fact, command, reason, or continuation.

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host

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Sense 1: An army, assembled company, or multitude, including the ordered host of heaven. Sense 2: A person who receives, lodges, or entertains another.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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service

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Work, duty, ministry, worship, attendance, military obligation, or servitude performed for another.

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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prophesy

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To declare or convey a message as divinely inspired, including foretelling, whether truly or falsely.

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cymbals

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Metal musical instruments sounded by striking them together or with another object.

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number

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Sense 1: A count or quantity. Sense 2: To count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.

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1 Chronicles 25:2

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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prophesied

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of prophesy, meaning to declare or convey a message as divinely inspired, including foretelling, whether truly or falsely.

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order

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Sense 1: Arrangement in a sequence, position, rank, class, manner, pattern, or appointed course. Sense 2: An instruction, rule, prescribed service, or kind of office. Sense 3: To set in order: to arrange, recount, repair, regulate, or complete.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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1 Chronicles 25:3

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hands

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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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prophesied

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of prophesy, meaning to declare or convey a message as divinely inspired, including foretelling, whether truly or falsely.

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harp

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A stringed musical instrument played with the fingers.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

praise

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1. Commendation, thanksgiving, honour, or good report. 2. To commend, thank, honour, or declare excellence.

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25:1MOREOVER 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:

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25:2Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.

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25:3Of 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.

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25:4Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:

25:5All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

25:6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

25:7So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

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