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David appointed some of the Levites to be ministers before the ark of the Lord, to celebrate the Lord God of Israel, and to give thanks and praise to Him.
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Asaph was the chief and Zechariah was second to him. Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel played the harps and lyres, while Asaph [sounded] the cymbals
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and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel [blew] the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
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On that day David decreed for the first time that thanks be given to the Lord by Asaph and his relatives:
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Give thanks to the Lord; call on His name; proclaim His deeds among the peoples.