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<p> [[Jeduthun]] (''Je-Dû'Thun'' or ''Jĕd'U-Thŭn'' ), ''Praising.'' A Levite of the family of [[Merari]] probably the same as Ethan. Compare &nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:17; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:19, with &nbsp;1 Chronicles 16:41-42; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 25:1; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 25:3; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 25:6; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 35:15. His office was generally to preside over the music of the temple service. Jeduthun's name stands at the head of the 39th, 62d, and 77th Psalms. </p>

<p> (Hebrew Yeduthun', ידוּתוּן or יְדֻתוּן; also יְדַיתוּן, ''Yedithun','' in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 16:38; &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:17; Psalms 30, 77, titles; ''Lauder;'' Sept. ‘ Ιιιουᾷ, but ‘ ΙτΣο ' )5 in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:16), a Levite of Merari's family, and one of the four great masters of the Temple music appointed by David (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 16:41-42; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 25:1, etc.). B.C. 1014. From a comparison of &nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:17; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:19, with &nbsp;1 Chronicles 16:41-42; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 25:1; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 25:3; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 25:6; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 35:15, some infer that he was identical with ETHAN (See Ethan) (q.v.). In &nbsp;2 Chronicles 35:15, he bears the title of "the king's seer." His sons sometimes appear as exercising the same office (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 25:1; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 25:3), at others as door-keepers of the sacred edifice (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 16:42). His name is also put for his descendants (Jeduthunites, a "sons of Jeduthun"), who occur later as singers and players on instruments (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 35:15; &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:17). In the latter signification it occurs in the superscriptions to Psalms 39, 62, 77; but Aben- Ezra supposes it to denote here a species of song, and Jarchi a musical instrument. The form of the phrase (עִל יְדֻתוּן, "upon Jeduthun") favors the latter interpretation (Gesenius, ''Thes. Heb.'' p. — 569), indicating a kind of instrumental music, or perhaps a style or tune of performance (Ewald, ''Ieb. Poesie'' p. 176) invented or introduced by Jeduthun; a conclusion strengthened by finding a phrase indicative of authorship (לַידוּתוּן, ''"To'' Jeduthun," i.e. composed [[By]] him); ascribed in a similar connection (Psalms 39, title), since he is elsewhere recognized as an inspired character (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 35:15). (See [[Musician]]). </p>