Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadMcClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Heman
Subjects in this Topic:
(Heb. Heyman', äֵéîָï , i. q. îְäֵéîִï , ChlaId. faithful; Sept. ÁἰìÜí or ÁἱìÜí , v.r. Á᾿ìÜí , Á᾿íÜí , ÁἰìïõÜì , etc.), the name of two men.
1. A person named with three others celebrated for their wisdom, to which that of Solomon is compared (1Ki_4:31), probably the same as the son of Zerah and grandson of Judah (1Ch_2:6). B.C. post 1856; SEE ETHAN.
2. Son of Jobl, and grandson of Samuel, a Kohathite of the tribe of Levi, and one of the leaders of the Temple music as organized by David (1 Chronicles 6:33; 15:17; 16:41,42). B.C. 1014. This, probably, is the Heman to whom the 88th Psalm is ascribed. He had fourteen sons and three daughters (1Ch_25:5), some of whom are enumerated in 1Ch_25:4. Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun are termed “seers” in 2Ch_29:14; 2Ch_29:30; 2Ch_35:15, which refers rather to their genius as sacred musicians than to their possessing the spirit of prophecy (1Ch_15:19; 1Ch_25:1; 2 Chronicles 5, 12), although there is not wanting evidence of their occasional inspiration. SEE ASAPH.