Kommentar zu Divrej Hajamim I 25:1
וַיַּבְדֵּ֣ל דָּוִיד֩ וְשָׂרֵ֨י הַצָּבָ֜א לַעֲבֹדָ֗ה לִבְנֵ֤י אָסָף֙ וְהֵימָ֣ן וִֽידוּת֔וּן הנביאים [הַֽנִּבְּאִ֛ים] בְּכִנֹּר֥וֹת בִּנְבָלִ֖ים וּבִמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם וַֽיְהִי֙ מִסְפָּרָ֔ם אַנְשֵׁ֥י מְלָאכָ֖ה לַעֲבֹדָתָֽם׃
Außerdem trennten sich David und die Hauptleute des Heeres für den Dienst einiger Söhne Asaphs, Hemans und Jeduthuns, die mit Harfen, Psalterien und Becken prophezeien sollten; und die Anzahl von ihnen, die die Arbeit gemäß ihrem Dienst erledigten, war:
Rashi on I Chronicles
Then David separated for the service to sing the songs.
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Rashi on I Chronicles
the sons of Asaph, etc. Out of all the Levites he separated only the sons of Asaph, etc.
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Rashi on I Chronicles
Heman, and Jeduthun, who prophesied When they would play these musical instruments, they would prophesy. A similar incident [is told] of Elisha: (II Kings 3:15): “’And now fetch me a musician.’ And when the musician played, the hand of the Lord came upon him.”
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Rashi on I Chronicles
and the number of those men expert in their work... was: i.e., There were twenty- four watches, corresponding to the twenty-four watches [of the priests (Moharich)]: viz. the four sons of Asaph, the six of Jeduthun, and the fourteen of Heman, totaling twenty-four. Below, he sums them all up, as it is written (verse 7): “And their number with their brethren, etc.”
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