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1 Chronicles 9:17-27
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The following Temple guards lived in Jerusalem: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, and Ahiman. Shallum was their leader.
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Down to that time members of their clans had been stationed at the eastern entrance to the King's Gate. Formerly they had stood guard at the gates to the camps of the Levites.
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Shallum, the son of Kore and grandson of Ebiasaph, together with his fellow members of the clan of Korah, was responsible for guarding the entrance to the Tent of the LORD's presence, just as their ancestors had been when they were in charge of the LORD's camp.
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Phinehas son of Eleazar---may the LORD be with him!---had supervised them at one time.
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Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was also a guard at the entrance to the Tent of the LORD's presence.
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In all, 212 men were chosen as guards for the entrances and gates. They were registered according to the villages where they lived. It was King David and the prophet Samuel who had put their ancestors in these responsible positions.
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They and their descendants continued to guard the gates to the Temple.
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There was a gate facing in each direction, north, south, east, and west, and each had a chief guard.
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These guards were assisted by their relatives, who lived in the villages and who had to take turns at guard duty for seven days at a time.
26
The four chief guards were Levites and had the final responsibility. They were also responsible for the rooms in the Temple and for the supplies kept there.
27
They lived near the Temple, because it was their duty to guard it and to open the gates every morning.
1 Chronicles 15:23
Berechiah and Elkanah, along with Obed Edom and Jehiah, were chosen as guards for the Covenant Box. The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer were chosen to blow trumpets in front of the Covenant Box.
1 Chronicles 15:24
1 Chronicles 16:38
Obed Edom son of Jeduthun and sixty-eight men of his clan were to assist them. Hosah and Obed Edom were in charge of guarding the gates.
1 Chronicles 26:1-12
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These are the assignments of work for the Levites who served as Temple guards. From the clan of Korah there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the family of Asaph.
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He had seven sons, listed in order of age: Zechariah, Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,
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Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
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There was also Obed Edom, whom God blessed by giving him eight sons, listed in order of age: Shemaiah, Jehozabad, Joah, Sachar, Nethanel,
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Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai.
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Obed Edom's oldest son, Shemaiah, had six sons: Othni, Rephael, Obed, Elzabad, Elihu, and Semachiah. They were important men in their clan because of their great ability; the last two were especially talented.
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Obed Edom's family furnished a total of sixty-two highly qualified men for this work.
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Meshelemiah's family furnished eighteen qualified men.
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From the clan of Merari there was Hosah, who had four sons: Shimri (his father made him the leader, even though he was not the oldest son),
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Hilkiah, Tebaliah, and Zechariah. In all there were thirteen members of Hosah's family who were Temple guards.
12
The Temple guards were divided into groups, according to families, and they were assigned duties in the Temple, just as the other Levites were.
2 Chronicles 8:14
Following the rules laid down by his father David, he organized the daily work of the priests and of the Levites who assisted the priests in singing hymns and in doing their work. He also organized the Temple guards in sections for performing their daily duties at each gate, in accordance with the commands of David, the man of God.
2 Chronicles 35:15
The following musicians of the Levite clan of Asaph were in the places assigned to them by King David's instructions: Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, the king's prophet. The guards at the Temple gates did not need to leave their posts, because the other Levites prepared the Passover for them.
Ezra 7:7
Nehemiah 7:73
The priests, the Levites, the Temple guards, the musicians, many of the ordinary people, the Temple workers---all the people of Israel---settled in the towns and cities of Judah.
praised
1 Chronicles 6:31-48
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These are the men whom King David put in charge of the music at the place of worship in Jerusalem after the Covenant Box was moved there.
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They took regular turns of duty at the Tent of the LORD's presence during the time before King Solomon built the Temple.
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The family lines of those who held this office are as follows: The clan of Kohath: Heman, the leader of the first choir, was the son of Joel. His family line went back to Jacob as follows: Heman, Joel, Samuel,
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Elkanah, Jeroham, Eliel, Toah,
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Zuph, Elkanah, Mahath, Amasai,
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Elkanah, Joel, Azariah, Zephaniah,
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Tahath, Assir, Ebiasaph, Korah,
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Izhar, Kohath, Levi, Jacob.
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Asaph was leader of the second choir. His family line went back to Levi as follows: Asaph, Berechiah, Shimea,
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Michael, Baaseiah, Malchijah,
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Ethan, Zimmah, Shimei,
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Jahath, Gershon, Levi.
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Ethan of the clan of Merari was the leader of the third choir. His family line went back to Levi as follows: Ethan, Kishi, Abdi, Malluch,
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Hashabiah, Amaziah, Hilkiah,
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Mahli, Mushi, Merari, Levi.
48
The other Levites were assigned all the other duties at the place of worship.
1 Chronicles 9:33
Some Levite families were responsible for the Temple music. The heads of these families lived in some of the Temple buildings and were free from other duties, because they were on call day and night.
1 Chronicles 15:16-22
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David commanded the leaders of the Levites to assign various Levites to sing and to play joyful music on harps and cymbals.
17
From the clans of singers they chose the following men to play the brass cymbals: Heman son of Joel, his relative Asaph son of Berechiah, and Ethan son of Kushaiah, of the clan of Merari. To assist them they chose the following Levites to play the high-pitched harps: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah. To play the low-pitched harps they chose the following Levites: Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Azaziah, and the Temple guards, Obed Edom and Jeiel.
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Because of his skill in music Chenaniah was chosen to be in charge of the levitical musicians.
1 Chronicles 16:41
There with them were Heman and Jeduthun and the others who were specifically chosen to sing praises to the LORD for his eternal love.
1 Chronicles 16:42
Heman and Jeduthun also had charge of the trumpets and cymbals and the other instruments which were played when the songs of praise were sung. The members of Jeduthun's clan were in charge of guarding the gates.
1 Chronicles 25:1-7
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King David and the leaders of the Levites chose the following Levite clans to lead the worship services: Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun. They were to proclaim God's messages, accompanied by the music of harps and cymbals. This is the list of persons chosen to lead the worship, with the type of service that each group performed:
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The four sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah. They were under the direction of Asaph, who proclaimed God's messages whenever the king commanded.
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The six sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah. Under the direction of their father they proclaimed God's message, accompanied by the music of harps, and sang praise and thanks to the LORD.
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The fourteen sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
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God gave to Heman, the king's prophet, these fourteen sons and also three daughters, as he had promised, in order to give power to Heman.
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All of his sons played cymbals and harps under their father's direction, to accompany the Temple worship. And Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under orders from the king.
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All these twenty-four men were experts; and their fellow Levites were trained musicians. There were 288 men in all.
2 Chronicles 20:19-21
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The members of the Levite clans of Kohath and Korah stood up and with a loud shout praised the LORD, the God of Israel.
20
Early the next morning the people went out to the wild country near Tekoa. As they were starting out, Jehoshaphat addressed them with these words: "People of Judah and Jerusalem! Put your trust in the LORD your God, and you will stand your ground. Believe what his prophets tell you, and you will succeed."
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After consulting with the people, the king ordered some musicians to put on the robes they wore on sacred occasions and to march ahead of the army, singing: "Praise the LORD! His love is eternal!"
Psalm 87:7
They dance and sing, "In Zion is the source of all our blessings."
the instruments
1 Kings 10:12
Solomon used the wood to build railings in the Temple and the palace, and also to make harps and lyres for the musicians. It was the finest juniper wood ever imported into Israel; none like it has ever been seen again.)
2 Chronicles 29:25
The king followed the instructions that the LORD had given to King David through Gad, the king's prophet, and through the prophet Nathan; he stationed Levites in the Temple, with harps and cymbals,
2 Chronicles 29:26
instruments like those that King David had used. The priests also stood there with trumpets.
Amos 6:5
You like to compose songs, as David did, and play them on harps.