a Levite of Merari’s family, and one of the four great masters
of music belonging to the temple, 1 Chron. xvi, 38, 41, 42; xv, 17;
Psalm lxxxix, title. He is the same as Ethan. Some of the Psalms are
said to have been composed by him; such as the eighty-ninth,
thirty-ninth, sixty-second, seventy-seventh; all of which go under his
name. 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.
of music belonging to the temple, 1 Chron. xvi, 38, 41, 42; xv, 17;
Psalm lxxxix, title. He is the same as Ethan. Some of the Psalms are
said to have been composed by him; such as the eighty-ninth,
thirty-ninth, sixty-second, seventy-seventh; all of which go under his
name. 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.