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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 25:5

Heman was one of the king's prophets, and God honored Heman by giving him fourteen sons and three daughters.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Asaph;   Harp;   Heman;   Music;   Psaltery;   Trumpet;   Women;   Thompson Chain Reference - Heman;   Leaders;   Prophets;   Religious;   Seers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Horns;   Woman;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Harp;   Music;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Priesthood;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeduthun;   Music;   Music, Instrumental;   See R;   Shebuel;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Habakkuk;   Hananiah;   Izri;   Levites;   Mattaniah;   Music;   Poetry;   Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Asaph;   Heman;   Levites;   Mallothi;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Heman;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Heman ;   Inspiration;   Jeduthun ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Prophecy;   Seer;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;   Music;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hanani'ah;   Music;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Lift;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Music;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gershon;   Heman;   Horn;   Mallothi;   Mattaniah;   Seer;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Asaph;   Choir;   Ethan;   Seer;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All these sons of Heman, the king’s seer, were given by the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Hebrew Names Version
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
King James Version
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
English Standard Version
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
New Century Version
All these were sons of Heman, David's seer. God promised to make Heman strong, so Heman had many sons. God gave him fourteen sons and three daughters.
New English Translation
All these were the sons of Heman, the king's prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Amplified Bible
All these [men] were the sons of Heman the king's seer to exalt him in accordance with the words of God; for God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
New American Standard Bible
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer to exalt him according to the words of God, for God gave fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman.
World English Bible
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Geneva Bible (1587)
All these were the sonnes of Heman, the Kings Seer in the wordes of God to lift vp the horne: and God gaue to Heman fourtene sonnes and three daughters.
Legacy Standard Bible
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer to exalt him according to the words of God. So God gave fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman.
Berean Standard Bible
All these sons of Heman, the king's seer, were given to him through the promises of God to exalt him. For God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Complete Jewish Bible
all these sons of Heman, the king's seer in matters pertaining to God, were there to exalt [God]. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Darby Translation
all these were sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt his power; and God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Easy-to-Read Version
All these men were Heman's sons. Heman was David's seer. God promised to make Heman strong. So Heman had many sons. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
George Lamsa Translation
All these were the sons of Heman the kings seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Good News Translation
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.
Lexham English Bible
All these were sons to Heman, the seer of the king, according to the words of God to raise a horn. And God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Literal Translation
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the Words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All these were the children of Hema the kynges Seer in the wordes of God to lyfte vp the horne: for God gaue Heman fourtene sonnes & thre daughters.
American Standard Version
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Bible in Basic English
All these were sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words of God. And to make great his power God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
All these were the sonnes of Heman which was ye kinges sear in the wordes of God, to lyft vp the horne [of the regall dignitie:] And God gaue to Hema foureteene sonnes, and three daughters.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
all these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the things pertaining to God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
King James Version (1611)
All these were the sonnes of Heman the kings Seer in the wordes of God, to lift vp the horne. And God gaue to Heman fourteene sonnes and three daughters.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
All these were the sons of Æman the king’s chief player in the praises of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Æman fourteen sons, and three daughters.
English Revised Version
All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
alle these sones of Heman weren profetis of the kyng in the wordis of God, that he schulde enhaunse the horn. And God yaf to Heman fourtene sones, and thre douytris.
Update Bible Version
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Webster's Bible Translation
All these [were] the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
New King James Version
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt his horn. [fn] For God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
New Living Translation
All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer, for God had honored him with fourteen sons and three daughters.
New Life Bible
All these were the sons of Heman the king's man of God, to honor him by the Words of God. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
New Revised Standard
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him; for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All these, were sons of Heman, the seer of the king in the things of God, at the lifting of the horn. And God gave to Heman, fourteen sons and three daughters,
Douay-Rheims Bible
All these were the sons of Heman the seer of the king in the words of God, to lift up the horn: and God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Revised Standard Version
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him; for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
Young's Literal Translation
all these [are] sons of Heman -- seer of the king in the things of God -- to lift up a horn; and God giveth to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer to exalt him according to the words of God, for God gave fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman.

Contextual Overview

1 David and the temple officials chose the descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to be in charge of music. They were to praise the Lord by playing cymbals, harps and other stringed instruments. Here is a list of the musicians and their duties: 2 Asaph's four sons, Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, were under the direction of their father and played music whenever the king told them to. 3 Jeduthun's six sons, Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, were under the direction of their father and played harps and sang praises to the Lord . 4 Heman had fourteen sons: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 5 Heman was one of the king's prophets, and God honored Heman by giving him fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 His sons were under his direction and played cymbals, harps, and other stringed instruments during times of worship at the temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman took their orders directly from the king. 7 There were two hundred eighty-eight of these men, and all of them were skilled musicians.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the king's seer: 1 Chronicles 21:9, 1 Samuel 9:9

words: or, matters

to lift up: This may denote that he presided over those who used wind instruments.

God gave: 1 Chronicles 28:5, Genesis 33:5, Psalms 127:3, Isaiah 8:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:9 - my sons 2 Samuel 15:27 - a seer 1 Chronicles 2:6 - Heman

Cross-References

Genesis 24:36
Sarah, my master's wife, didn't have any children until she was very old. Then she had a son, and my master has given him everything.
Genesis 25:7
Abraham died at the ripe old age of one hundred seventy-five.
Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him east of Hebron in Machpelah Cave that was part of the field Abraham had bought from Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite. Abraham was buried there beside his wife Sarah.
Genesis 25:12
Ishmael was the son of Abraham and Hagar, the slave woman of Sarah.
Genesis 25:21
Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac asked the Lord to let her have a child, and the Lord answered his prayer.
Genesis 25:23
and he told her: "Your two sons will become two separate nations. The younger of the two will be stronger, and the older son will be his servant."
Psalms 68:18
When you climbed the high mountain, you took prisoners with you and were given gifts. Your enemies didn't want you to live there, but they gave you gifts.
Matthew 11:27
My Father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who truly knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so that they can know him too.
Matthew 28:18
Jesus came to them and said: I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth!
John 3:35
The Father loves the Son and has given him everything.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer,.... The prophet of the king, as the Targum, who was frequently with him, assisting him

in the words of God: in divine things:

to lift up the horn; to blow with the hornpipe or trumpet, and to magnify and set forth the greatness of the kingdom of Israel, and especially of the King Messiah, the horn of salvation, that would be raised up in the house of David:

and God gave to Heman fourteen sons; whose names are before mentioned:

and three daughters; of whom we have no more account, only may observe, that both are the gifts of God, and an heritage from him, Psalms 127:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To lift up the horn - Some take this literally, and consider that Heman and his sons played on the born in the musical services; but there is no other evidence that the horn was so employed. Perhaps the most probable explanation is that it has been transferred from the next clause, where (as here) it followed the word “God,” with the sense that “God, to exalt Heman’s horn (or, increase his dignity), gave him fourteen sons and three daughters.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 25:5. To lift up the horn — "The horn of prophecy," says Jarchi; "to sound with the trumpet in the words of prophecy before the Lord."-T.

Three daughters. — These also were employed among the singers.


 
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