Heman

Mentioned 1041–725 BC traditional (Jones)

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.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father: Joel
Children: Bukkiah, Eliathah, Giddalti, Hanani, Hananiah, Hothir, Jerimoth, Joshbekashah, 6 more
Tagged in: 12 verses

The 45th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
Named in the same verses as Jeduthun, Asaph, David, Joel, Berechiah, Bukkiah, Eliathah, and Giddalti.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent. Large families are folded into one node; select it to open them.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1120–646 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

12 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

1 Chronicles9
2 Chronicles3

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Heman 16
KJV	Heman 17
ASV	Heman 18

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Every verse

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1 Chronicles9 verses

6:33
These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
15:17
So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
15:19
The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.
16:41
With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”
16:42
Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
25:1
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
25:4
From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
25:5
All these sons of Heman the king’s seer were given him through the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
25:6
All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.

2 Chronicles3 verses

5:12
all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
29:14
Jehiel and Shimei from the Hemanites; and Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites.
35:15
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.