John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 16:5

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Asaph the chief, etc.] Of those that were now appointed: otherwise, of the three principal singers, Heman was the chief, and Asaph next, (<130633>1 Chronicles 6:33,39) and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, with psalteries, and with harps; to play upon them before the ark at the same time the psalms and songs were vocally sung; the above persons are such as are named before, (<131518>1 Chronicles 15:18,20,21), but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; he struck and played upon them, (see <131519>1 Chronicles 15:19).

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