1 Chronicles 16:1-7

The Ark Placed in a Tent

1 And they brought in the ark of God and set it inside ¹the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

2 And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD

3 and distributed to all Israel, both men and women, to each a loaf of bread, a portion of meat,^[a] and a cake of raisins.

4 Then he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.

5 ²Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,

6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

7 Then on that day ³David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the LORD by Asaph and his brothers.

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1 Chronicles 16:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 16

This chapter relates that David offered sacrifices when the ark was brought into his city, 1Ch 16:1-3 who were the singers he appointed to sing before it continually, 1Ch 16:4-6 and the song he that day composed and delivered to them to sing, 1Ch 16:7-36 and that he appointed not only proper persons to minister before the ark, but also before the tabernacle at Gibeon, 1Ch 16:37-43.

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Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 3

1. 1 Chronicles 15:1
2. 1 Chronicles 6:39
3. [2 Samuel 22:1; 2 Samuel 23:1]

Footnotes 1

[a]. Compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

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