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1 Chronicles 25 — Sermon Preparation
The twenty-four divisions of temple musicians from the families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun are established by lot for service. Below is a research summary for 1 Chronicles 25, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
- 287 / 101
- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
1 Chronicles 25 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עָשָׂר | ʻâsâr | H6240 | 33 | ten, -teen |
| שְׁנַיִם | shᵉnayim | H8147 | 25 | two, twofold |
| אָח | ʼâch | H251 | 24 | brother |
| הֵימָן | Hêymân | H1968 | 6 | Heman |
| אָסָף | ʼÂçâph | H623 | 6 | Asaph |
| יְדוּתוּן | Yᵉdûwthûwn | H3038 | 5 | Jeduthun |
| עֶשְׂרִים | ʻesrîym | H6242 | 5 | twenty, twentieth |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on 1 Chronicles 25, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“David, having settled the courses of these Levites that were to attend the priests in their ministrations, proceeds, in this chapter, to put those into a method that were appointed to be singers and musicians in the temple. Here is, I. The persons that were to be employed, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun (ver. 1), their sons (ver. 2-6), and other skilful persons, ver. 7. II. The order in which they were to attend determined by lot, ver. 8-31. The Courses of the Singers. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 1 Chronicles 25:1–31 (Public Domain)
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