1 Chronicles 6:44

Ethan . This passage and 1 Chronicles 15:19 are the leading passages for this name Ethan. But in succeeding references (and they are not a few) to the three chief leaders of song, the name appears as Jeduthun; unless, as seems scarcely credible, two different persons are designated. The occasion and significance of the alteration of the name are not stated, however, and elude detection so far. In 2 Chronicles 35:15 the title of "king's seer" ( חֹזֶה ) is added to the name Jeduthun, which is variously spelt ( יְדֻתוּן יתדוּתוּן ירְיִתוּן ). This arrangement of chief singers, one from each of the three branches of Levi's family, lasted unbroken to Josiah's reign ( 2 Chronicles 35:13 ); and the representatives of Jeduthun, at all events, are mentioned in the time of Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 11:17 , Nehemiah 11:18 ). Kishi . The most frequent form of this name is Kish ( קִישׁ , equivalent to the Vulgate Cis ), if, indeed, the form of this verse and that of 1 Chronicles 15:17 , Kushaiah ( קוּשָׁיָהוּ ), are not merely the fruit of a corrupt text.