Encyclopedia of The Bible – Eliphelehu
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Eliphelehu

ELIPHELEHU ĭ lĭf’ ə le’ hu (אֱלִ֨יפְלֵ֜הוּ, God has set him apart, KJV ELIPHELEH). A Levite assigned to be a musician when David made preparation to bring the Ark of God up from the house of Obed-edom. He is called one of the brethren of the “second order” who followed Heman, Asaph, and Ethan who apparently sang and sounded bronze cymbals while some played lutes (nebālîm). Eliphelehu, with others, played lyres (kinnōrôṯ) according to the Sheminith which means possibly “on the octave” (1 Chron 15:18-21).