1 Chronicles 15:21
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And Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias and Obededom, and Jehiel and Ozaziu, sung a song of victory for the octave upon harps.

Mattithiah

1 Chronicles 15:18 And with them their brethren: in the second rank, Zacharias, and Ben, and Jaziel, and Semiramoth, and Jahiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and Banaias, and Maasias, and Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias, and Obededom, and Jehiel, the porters.

1 Chronicles 16:5 Asaph the chief, and next after him Zacharias: moreover Jahiel, and Semiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mathathias, and Eliab, and Banaias, and Obededom: and Jehiel over the instruments of psaltery, and harps: and Asaph sounded with cymbals:

harps

1 Chronicles 25:6,7 All these under their father's hand were distributed to sing in the temple of the Lord, with cymbals, and psalteries and harps, for the service of the house of the Lord near the king: to wit, Asaph, and Idithun, and Heman. . . .

1 Samuel 10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is: and when thou shalt be come there into the city, thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place, with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp before them, and they shall be prophesying.

Psalm 33:2 Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.

Psalm 81:1,2 Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. [2] Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob. . . .

Psalm 92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, upon the psaltery: with a canticle upon the harp.

Psalm 150:3 Praise him with the sound of trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp.

Sheminith to excel.

Psalm 6:1 Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave. [2] O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath.

Psalm 12:1 Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David. [2] Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.

Context
The Priests and Levites Carry the Ark
20And Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semiramoth, and Jehiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and Maasias, and Banaias, sung mysteries upon psalteries. 21And Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias and Obededom, and Jehiel and Ozaziu, sung a song of victory for the octave upon harps.22And Chonenias chief of the Levites, presided over the prophecy, to give out the tunes: for he was very skilful.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:18
And with them their brethren: in the second rank, Zacharias, and Ben, and Jaziel, and Semiramoth, and Jahiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and Banaias, and Maasias, and Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias, and Obededom, and Jehiel, the porters.

1 Chronicles 15:22
And Chonenias chief of the Levites, presided over the prophecy, to give out the tunes: for he was very skilful.

Psalm 6:1
Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave. [2] O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath.

Psalm 12:1
Unto the end: for the octave, a psalm for David. [2] Save me, O Lord, for there is now no saint: truths are decayed from among the children of men.

Lexicon
and Mattithiah,
וּמַתִּתְיָ֣הוּ (ū·mat·tiṯ·yā·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4993: Mattithiah -- 'gift of Yah', the name of several Israelites

Eliphelehu,
וֶאֱלִֽיפְלֵ֗הוּ (we·’ĕ·lî·p̄ə·lê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 466: Eliphelehu -- 'may God distinguish him', a doorkeeper

Mikneiah,
וּמִקְנֵיָ֙הוּ֙ (ū·miq·nê·yā·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4737: Mikneiah -- 'possession of Yah', a Levitical musician

Obed-edom,
אֱדֹ֔ם (’ĕ·ḏōm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5654: Obed-edom -- 'servant of Edom', an Israelite name

Jeiel,
וִֽיעִיאֵ֖ל (wî·‘î·’êl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3273: Jeiel

and Azaziah
וַעֲזַזְיָ֑הוּ (wa·‘ă·zaz·yā·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5812: Azaziah -- 'Yah is mighty', three Israelites

were to lead the music
לְנַצֵּֽחַ׃ (lə·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5329: To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanent

with lyres
בְּכִנֹּר֥וֹת (bə·ḵin·nō·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3658: A harp

according to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Sheminith.
הַשְּׁמִינִ֖ית (haš·šə·mî·nîṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8067: An eight-stringed lyre


Additional Translations
and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.

And Mattathias, and Eliphalu, and Makenia, and Abdedom, and Jeiel, and Ozias, with harps of Amasenith, to make a loud noise.

and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to lead [the singing].

and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.

And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.

and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps, on the octave, to oversee.
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