Jeduthun

JEDUTHUN, a Levite of Merari’s family, and one of the four great Masters of Musick belonging to the Temple of 1 Chron. xvi. 38, 41, 42. xxv. 36. 1 Chron. xv. 17. Psalm lxxxviii. 1.Jerusalem. He is the same as Ethan. Some of the Psalms are said to have been composed by him, such as the eighty eighth, intitled, of Ethan the Ezraite; and the thirty eighth, sixty first, and seventy sixth, which go under the name of Jeduthun. Some believe, that David having composed these Psalms, gave them to Jeduthun and his company to sing; and that this is the reason of their going by this name. But there are some Psalms which have the name of Jeduthun, that seem to have been composed either during the Captivity, or after it; and consequently the name of Jeduthun prefixed to them, can signify nothing else, but that some of his descendants, and of Jeduthun’s Class, composed them long after the death of the famous Jeduthun, one of their Ancestors.

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