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Ethan (son of Kushaiah)

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Named at 1 Chronicles 15:17: “So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah”. 15:16 says that David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers, and 15:19 says, “So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud”. The Korean Revised Version reads 놋제금을 크게 치는 자요, the ones who sounded the cymbals of bronze aloud (15:19).

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1CH 15:16–24, engwebp
¹⁶David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.
¹⁷So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
¹⁸and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
¹⁹So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;
²⁰and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;
²¹and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
²²Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.
²³Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
²⁴Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before God’s ark; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
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Unresolved interpretation: Ethan son of Kishi at 1 Chronicles 6:44 and Ethan son of Kushaiah at 15:17

1 Chronicles 6:44 says, “On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,” and 6:45–47 go on with his forebears to Merari and Levi.
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- 1CH 6:44–48, engwebp
  ⁴⁴On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
  ⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
  ⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
  ⁴⁷the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
  ⁴⁸Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of God’s house.
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1 Chronicles 15:17 says, “So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah,” and 15:19, “So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud”.
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- 1CH 15:16–24, engwebp
  ¹⁶David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.
  ¹⁷So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
  ¹⁸and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
  ¹⁹So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;
  ²⁰and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;
  ²¹and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
  ²²Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.
  ²³Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
  ²⁴Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before God’s ark; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
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1 Chronicles 6:44 names Ethan, of the sons of Merari, on the left hand, the son of Kishi; 15:17 names Ethan, of the sons of Merari, whom the Levites appointed, the son of Kushaiah. Both editions write the father’s name differently (the Korean 기시 and 구사야, WEB Kishi and Kushaiah). The text does not say whether the two Ethans are one man. This collection records Ethan son of Kishi and Ethan son of Kushaiah apart, and does not decide whether they are the same man.

Unresolved interpretation: Jeduthun of 1 Chronicles 16 and Ethan of 1 Chronicles 6 and 15

1 Chronicles 6:44 says, “On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch”, and 6:45–47 give his line on to Levi.
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- 1CH 6:44–48, engwebp
  ⁴⁴On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
  ⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
  ⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
  ⁴⁷the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
  ⁴⁸Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of God’s house.
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1 Chronicles 15:17 says, “So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah”, and 15:19, “So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud”.
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- 1CH 15:16–24, engwebp
  ¹⁶David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.
  ¹⁷So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
  ¹⁸and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.
  ¹⁹So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;
  ²⁰and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;
  ²¹and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
  ²²Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.
  ²³Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
  ²⁴Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before God’s ark; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
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1 Chronicles 16:41 names “Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his loving kindness endures forever”, and 16:42, “Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.”
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- 1CH 16:37–42, engwebp
  ³⁷So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the LORD’s covenant, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required;
  ³⁸and Obed-Edom with their sixty-eight relatives; Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;
  ³⁹and Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests, before the LORD’s tabernacle in the high place that was at Gibeon,
  ⁴⁰to offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the LORD’s law, which he commanded to Israel;
  ⁴¹and with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his loving kindness endures forever;
  ⁴²and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
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1 Chronicles 6:44 names Ethan the son of Kishi, of the sons of Merari, on the left hand; 15:17 and 15:19 name Ethan the son of Kushaiah, of the sons of Merari, with Heman the son of Joel and Asaph the son of Berechiah, the singers. 16:41–42 name Jeduthun with Heman, “to give thanks to the LORD”, and “with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud”. The text does not say whether Jeduthun is Ethan. This collection records Jeduthun and the two Ethans apart, and does not decide whether any of them are one man.

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Took part in (1) — The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan with their brothers, the doorkeepers for the ark, and the priests who blow the trumpets

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1 Chronicles 15:17 Open that verse

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

1 Chronicles 15:19 Open that verse

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;

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Entry: Ethan (son of Kushaiah) (person-ethan-kushaiah)
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Current wording: Named at 1 Chronicles 15:17: “So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah”. 15:16 says that David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers, and 15:19 says, “So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud”. The Korean Revised Version reads 놋제금을 크게 치는 자요, the ones who sounded the cymbals of bronze aloud (15:19).
Cited evidence: 1CH 15:16–24, engwebp
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