From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
Parallel translations
- WEB Of Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
- KJV Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
- NKJV Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
- NASB Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
- NLT From the sons of Heman, there were Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
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Quick answer
The many sons of Heman are listed, the third family of temple musicians. Heman's large household is enlisted for the ministry of song.
Overview
Heman, called the king's seer (25:5), led the third guild of musicians and is linked to Psalm 88. The unusually long list of his sons highlights the abundant provision God made for temple worship. Notably, several of these names, when read together, form a phrase of prayer, which some scholars see as a small embedded petition; whether intended or not, the abundance of singers underscores how richly God equipped His people to praise Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- 1 Chr 24:24From the sons of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah: Shamir.
- 1 Chr 6:33These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
- 1 Chr 25:30the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
- 1 Chr 15:17So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
- Ps 88:1A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
- 1 Chr 16:41–42With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”
- 1 Chr 25:28the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
- 1 Chr 15:19The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.
- 1 Chr 24:20Now these were the remaining descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael; from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.
- 1 Chr 25:22the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
- 1 Chr 24:30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites, according to their families.
- 1 Chr 25:20the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
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