16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites, that they should appoint certain of their brethren to sing with [a]instruments of music, with viols and harps, and cymbals, that they might make a sound, and lift up their voice with joy.

17 So 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,

18 And with them their brethren in the [b]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.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 15:16 These instruments and other ceremonies, which they observed, were instructions of their infancy, which continued to the coming of Christ.
  2. 1 Chronicles 15:18 Which were inferior in dignity.

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