1st Chronicles Chapter 6 verse 39 Holy Bible
And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
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And his brother Asaph, whose place was at his right hand, Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
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And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand: Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
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And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
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And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
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His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
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And his brother Asaph, who is standing on his right -- Asaph, son of Berachiah, son of Shimea,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 39. - Asaph is called brother of Heman, either as brother in office or generally as relative in the degree of cousin by many removes. He stands fourteenth in line of descent after Levi, while Ethan (ver. 44) stands thirteenth. If the line of Heman (as given in vers. 33-38) were correct. it would force on us the conviction that there are several omissions in these two lines; but if these are correct, we must conclude that there are unwarranted additions in the other. On the names of Asaph's ancestors, see notes on vers. 20, 21. From 2 Chronicles 29:30 it seems plain that Asaph was himself a composer of psalms, and not simply either the musician or rehearser of those of David.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(39-43) The pedigree of Asaph the Gershonite, traced back through thirteen names to Levi. That of Heman names twenty ancestors for the same period of time. This is one more illustration of the common usage of overleaping names in these genealogies.(39) His brother Asaph.--Asaph was Heman's brother (1) as a Levite; (2) as a choir-master.The striking agreement of the line of Heman with that of the Kohathites, detailed in 1Chronicles 6:22-28 above, has led critics to look for a like coincidence between the line of Asaph as given here, and that of the Gershonites in 1Chronicles 6:20-21. There, however, we have only seven names, here there are thirteen. Still we observe that in the former passage the three names, Jahath, Zimmah, and Zerah appear in the same order of lineal descent from Gershon as in the present list; while the Adaiah of 1Chronicles 6:41 obviously answers to the Iddo of 1Chronicles 6:21, and Ethni (1Chronicles 6:41) is in Hebrew writing not unlike Jeaterai; and we are already familiar with the fact that genealogies sometimes recur in abbreviated forms. (Comp. Ezra 7:1-5, with the line of Aaron in the present chapter.) Upon the whole, therefore, if the suggested identifications be correct, it appears that Asaph's pedigree has really been partially anticipated in 1Chronicles 6:20-21. . . .
