1 Chronicles 15:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ but Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to the Sheminith.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres set to Sheminith [the bass voice].

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.

Common English Bible

²¹ Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres tuned to the Sheminith.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Then Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah and Obededom, and Jeiel and Azaziah were singing a song of victory with the harps, for the octave.

1 Chronicles 15:21 Cross References

Psalm 150:3

Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!

Psalm 92:3

to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.

Psalm 33:2

Praise the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings.

Psalm 12:1

Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind.

1 Chronicles 16:5

Asaph was the chief, and second to him was Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,

1 Chronicles 15:18

and with them their kindred of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

1 Samuel 10:5

After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, at the place where the Philistine garrison is; there, as you come to the town, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the shrine with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre playing in front of them; they will be in a prophetic frenzy.

1 Chronicles 15:22

Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, was to direct the music, for he understood it.