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Musician, Chief

(Heb. menatstseah), the precentor of the Levitical choir or orchestra in the temple, mentioned in the titles of fifty-five psalms, and in Hab. 3:19, Revised Version. The first who held this office was Jeduthun (1 Chr. 16:41), and the office appears to have been hereditary. Heman and Asaph were his two colleagues (2 Chr. 35:15).

Scripture on Musician, Chief

1 Chronicles 16

2 Chronicles 35

Habakkuk 3

Musician, Chief references

Asaph

Heman

Jeduthun

Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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