יְדוּתוּןYᵉdûwthûwn
proper name, masculine: chief of one of the three choirs of the temple (2 Chronicles 5:12; 2 Chronicles 35:15; Psalms 39:1; Psalms 77:1; Nehemiah 11:37)
Pronunciation: yed-oo-thoon' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3038
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 9:16 Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berekiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the area of Netophah.
- 1 Chronicles 16:38 This group included Obed-edom (son of Jeduthun), Hosah, and sixty-eight other Levites as gatekeepers.
- 1 Chronicles 16:41 David also appointed Heman, Jeduthun, and the others chosen by name to give thanks to the Lord, for “his faithful love endures forever.”
- 1 Chronicles 16:42 They used their trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments to accompany their songs of praise to God. And the sons of Jeduthun were appointed as gatekeepers.
- 1 Chronicles 25:1 David and the army commanders then appointed men from the families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to proclaim God’s messages to the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. Here is a list of their names and their work:
- 1 Chronicles 25:3 From the sons of Jeduthun, there were Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all. They worked under the direction of their father, Jeduthun, who proclaimed God’s messages to the accompaniment of the lyre, offering thanks and praise to the Lord.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).