Appointed Authority Business Descended Direct Expert Faithfully Foremen Forward Instruments Jahath Kohath Kohathite Kohathites Ko'hathites Levites Merari Merar'i Meshullam Meshul'lam Music Musical Obadiah Obadi'ah Overlook Overseers Oversight Playing Preside Responsible Seeing Skilful Skill Skilled Skillful Song Sons Superintend Supervise Understanding Working Zechariah Zechari'ah
34:12 And the men did the work {g} faithfully: and the overseers of them [were] Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set [it] forward; and [other of] the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
(g) Meaning that they were in such credit for their fidelity that they made no accounts of that which they received, 2Ki 22:7,9.
34:12 Musick - All these here named, were skilful in instruments of musick. Which may be here mentioned, to intimate, that as they were skilful, so they were exercised in both employments, and did successively oversee the work, and praise God with their voices and instruments.
34:1-33 Josiah's good reign in Judah. - As the years of infancy cannot be useful to our fellow-creatures, our earliest youth should be dedicated to God, that we may not waste any of the remaining short space of life. Happy and wise are those who seek the Lord and prepare for usefulness at an early age, when others are pursuing sinful pleasures, contracting bad habits, and forming ruinous connexions. Who can express the anguish prevented by early piety, and its blessed effects? Diligent self-examination and watchfulness will convince us of the deceitfulness and wickedness of our own hearts, and the sinfulness of our lives. We are here encouraged to humble ourselves before God, and to seek unto him, as Josiah did. And believers are here taught, not to fear death, but to welcome it, when it takes them away from the evil to come. Nothing hastens the ruin of a people, nor ripens them for it, more than their disregard of the attempts made for their reformation. Be not deceived, God is not mocked. The current and tide of affections only turns at the command of Him who raises up those that are dead in trespasses and sins. We behold peculiar loveliness, in the grace the Lord bestows on those, who in tender years seek to know and to love the Saviour. Hath Jesus, the Day-spring from on high, visited you? Can you trace your knowledge of this light and life of man, like Josiah, from your youth? Oh the unspeakable happiness of becoming acquainted with Jesus from our earliest years!
Faithfully Foremen Forward Instruments Jahath Kohathites Levites Merari Meshullam Music Musical Obadiah Others Overseers Preside Skill Skillful Superintend Supervise Work Zechariah
Faithfully Foremen Forward Instruments Jahath Kohathites Levites Merari Meshullam Music Musical Obadiah Others Overseers Preside Skill Skillful Superintend Supervise Work Zechariah
