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Heman Scripture - 2 Chronicles 35:15

And the singers the sons of Asaph [were] in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters [waited] at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them....

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Heman Scripture - 2 Chronicles 5:12

Also the Levites [which were] the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, [being] arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)...

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Heman Scripture - 1 Chronicles 25:1

Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:...

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Heman in Wikipedia

The name 'Heman' is a Jewish name, meaning 'Faithful'. It is found sixteen times in the New International Version of the Bible.[1] The title of Psalm 88 ascribes it to a certain Heman. This Psalm seems to have been written in a state of despair. According to Martin Marty, a professor of church history at the University of Chicago, Psalm 88 is...

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Heman in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. 1 Chronicles 2:6; 1 Kings 4:31. Probably the same as 2; though a Levite by birth he was reckoned in the family of Zerah, of Judah, as dwelling among them. 2. Grandson of Samuel; a Kohathite (1 Chronicles 6:31-38; 1 Chronicles 6:44). Colleague of Asaph and Ethan or Jeduthun ("the praise man") in arranging the vocal and instrumental music o...

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Heman in Hitchcock's Bible Names

their trouble; tumult; much; in great number...

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Heman in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

he'-man (heman, "faithful"): The name of two men in the Old Testament. (1) A musician and seer, a Levite, son of Joel and grandson of the prophet Samuel; of the family of the Kohathites (1 Ch 6:33), appointed by David as one of the leaders of the temple- singing (1 Ch 15:17; 2 Ch 5:12). He had 14 sons (and 3 daughters) who assisted their father...

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Heman in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A man noted for wisdom, to whom Solomon is compared 1Ki 4:31; 1Ch 2:6 -2. "The singer," a chief Levite, and musician 1Ch 6:33; 15:17,19; 16:41 The king's seer 1Ch 25:5 His sons and daughters temple musicians 1Ch 6:33; 25:1-6 "Maschil of," title of Ps 88...

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Heman in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(faithful) 1. Son of Zerah. 1Ch 2:6; 1Ki 4:31 2. Son of Joel and grandson of Samuel the prophet, a Kohathite. He is called "the singer," rather the musician, 1Ch 6:33 and was the first of the three Levites to whom was committed the vocal and instrumental music of the temple service in the reign of David. 1Ch 15:16-22 The 88th Psalm is ascrib...

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Heman in Easton's Bible Dictionary

faithful. (1.) 1 Kings 4:31; 1 Chr. 2:6, a son of Zerah, noted for his wisdom. (2.) Grandson of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:33; 15:17), to whom the 88th Psalm probably was inscribed. He was one of the "seers" named in 2 Chr. 29:14, 30, and took a leading part in the administration of the sacred services....

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