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Zeri

Levite living at the time of United Monarchy

Zeri (or Izri), a son of Jeduthun, was a temple musician during the reign of David.

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Also known as Izri

Zeri, also known as Izri, was one of the sons of Jeduthun, a Levite who served as a temple musician during the reign of King David. Zeri and his brothers were appointed by David to prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals. They were part of the group of Levites tasked with providing music for worship in the tabernacle. In the organizational structure of the temple musicians, Zeri and his brothers were under the supervision of their father Jeduthun.

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Father
Jeduthun

Bible dictionary

Zeri Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(built), one of the sons of Jeduthun in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 25:3) (B.C. 1043.)

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Zeri Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

ZE'RI (built), a son of Jeduthun. 1 Chr 25:3.

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Zeri Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

ZE'RI (built), a son of Jeduthun. 1 Chr 25:3.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Zeri appears

2 verses in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H6874

1 Chronicles2

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