The Singers
1 Chronicles 25:1-31
One Volume
by Gary M. Burge

First Chronicles 25:1–31 recounts the commissioning of Levitical musicians from the clans of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, appointments foreshadowed by the account in chapters 15–16, which placed the Asaphites in the Jerusalem tent (16:37) and the Hemanites and Jeduthites in the Gibeonite tabernacle (16:41–42). According to 1 Chronicles 6:33–47, these three families were each from a different Levitical clan outlined in 23:6–24, with Heman from Kohath, Asaph from Gershon/-m, and Ethan/Jedu­thun from…

Baker Publishing Group, The Baker Illustrated Bible Commentary, by Gary M. Burge