Teks -- 1 Chronicles 15:21 (NET)

15:21 Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to play the lyres according to the sheminith style, as led by the director;

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: 1Ch 15:21 - To excel

Which word may be added to note the excellency of that instrument, or part of musick; or that there was a greater extension or elevation of the voice than in the former. This way of praising God by musical instruments, had not hitherto been in use. But David instituted it by divine direction, and added it to the other ordinances of that dispensation.

JFB: 1Ch 15:16-24 - David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint . . . the singers with instruments

These eminent Levites were instructed to train the musicians and singers who were under them, for the solemn procession. The performers were ranged in three choirs or bands, and the names of the principal leaders are given (1Ch 15:17-18, 1Ch 15:21), with the instruments respectively used by each. "Ben" (1Ch 15:18) is omitted (1Ch 15:20). Either it was used merely as a common noun, to intimate that Zechariah was the son of Jaaziel or Aziel, or Ben is the same as Azaziah [1Ch 15:21].

Clarke: 1Ch 15:21 - On the Sheminith

On the Sheminith - According to the Targum, this signifies an instrument that sounded an octave, or, according to others, an instrument with eight strings. The Syriac and Arabic have it, instruments to sing with daily, at the third, sixth, and ninth hour; the Vulgate, an octave, for a song of victory: some think the eighth band of the musicians is intended, who had the strongest and most sonorous voices; and that it is in this sense that shelomith and lenatstseach should be understood.

TSK: 1Ch 15:21 - Mattithiah // harps // Sheminith to excel

Mattithiah : 1Ch 15:18, 1Ch 16:5

harps : 1Ch 25:6, 1Ch 25:7; 1Sa 10:5; Psa 33:2, Psa 81:1, Psa 81:2, Psa 92:3, Psa 150:3

Sheminith to excel : or, eighth to oversee, Psa 6:1, Psa 12:1 *titles

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: 1Ch 15:21 - See Poole "1Ch 15:20" // To excel

See Poole "1Ch 15:20" .

To excel: the word may be here added to note the excellency of that instrument, or note, or part of music; or that there was a greater extension or elevation of the voice than in the former.

Haydock: 1Ch 15:21 - Ozaziu // Of victory // For the octave

Ozaziu does not occur before. Septuagint have Ozias both here and [in] ver. 18, after Jehiel. (Haydock) ---

Of victory, such as was customary on the like occasions. ---

For the octave. Hebrew hasheminith, according to the Jews, means an instrument of eight strings; so when ten is mentioned, the Septuagint frequently supply "strings," Psalm xxxii. 2. (Menochius) ---

Hebrew, "they had guitars, and presided over the eighth band to intone. All the bands formed four choirs, distinguished by their instruments, the cymbal, nable, cinnor, (or guitar) and trumpets. (Calmet)

Gill: 1Ch 15:21 - And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah // with harps on the Sheminith to excel

And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah,.... These six were appointed to sound:

with harps on the Sheminith to excel; which Sheminith some take to be an harp with eight strings, or the beginning of a song, or a musical tone, the bass; see the title of Psa 6:1.