17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel , and from his relatives , Asaph the son of Berechiah ; and from the sons of Merari their relatives , Ethan the son of Kushaiah , 18 and with them their relatives of the second rank , Zechariah , Ben , Jaaziel , Shemiramoth , Jehiel , Unni , Eliab , Benaiah , Maaseiah , Mattithiah , Eliphelehu , Mikneiah , Obed-edom and Jeiel , the gatekeepers . 19 So the singers , Heman , Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze ;
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:17-19
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:1-24
(Read 1 Chronicles 15:1-24)
Wise and good men may be guilty of oversights, which they will correct, as soon as they are aware of them. David does not try to justify what had been done amiss, nor to lay the blame on others; but he owns himself guilty, with others, of not seeking God in due order