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2 Chronicles 34:12

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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.
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  1. 2 Kings 12:15Rank 1 from verse 12
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    15Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.

  2. 1 Chronicles 23:5Rank 2 from verse 12
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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.

  3. 1 Chronicles 15:16–22Rank 3 from verse 12
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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.

    22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

  4. 1 Chronicles 16:4–5Rank 4 from verse 12
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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;

  5. 1 Chronicles 16:41Rank 5 from verse 12
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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;

  6. 1 Chronicles 25:1–31Rank 6 from verse 12
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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:

    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.

    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.

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

    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.

    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.

    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.

    8¶ And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

    9Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:

    10The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    11The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    12The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    13The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    14The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    15The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    16The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    17The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    18The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    19The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    20The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    21The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    22The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    23The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    24The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    25The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    26The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    27The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    28The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    29The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    30The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

    31The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

  7. 1 Chronicles 6:31–48Rank 7 from verse 12
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    31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.

    32And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

    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,

    34The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

    35The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

    36The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

    37The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

    38The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

    39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

    40The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

    41The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

    42The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

    43The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

    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,

    45The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

    46The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

    47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

    48Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

  8. 1 Corinthians 4:2Rank 8 from verse 12
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    2Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

  9. 2 Chronicles 31:12Rank 9 from verse 12
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    12And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.

  10. 2 Kings 22:7Rank 10 from verse 12
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    7Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.

  11. Nehemiah 7:2Rank 11 from verse 12
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    2That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

  12. Proverbs 28:20Rank 12 from verse 12
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    20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

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2 Chronicles 34:12

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work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

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

COMBINED MEANING

overseers

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Persons charged with supervising, directing, or caring for people, work, property, or a flock.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Levites

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Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.

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COMBINED MEANING

set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

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

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forward

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Sense 1: Toward the front or onward. Sense 2: To advance, promote, or send onward.

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

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skill

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1. Learned ability, knowledge, or practical competence. 2. As a verb, to know how or be able by skill.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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instruments

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Sense 1: Tools or implements by which work is done or effects are produced. Sense 2: Devices made to produce music.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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musick

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1. Vocal or instrumental sound or performance. 2. Instruments or performers of musick. 3. Figuratively, a person made the subject of song or ridicule.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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34:8¶ Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.

34:9And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

34:10And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and amend the house:

34:11Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

34:12And 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.

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34:13Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

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