1 Chronicles 16:37

37 Therefore David left there, before the ark of [the] bond of peace of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren, for to minister in the sight of the ark, or before the ark, continually, by all days and their whiles. (And so David left Asaph and his kinsmen there, before the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, to serve continually before the Ark, in all the days of their service, that is, first one, and then another.)

1 Chronicles 16:37 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 16:37

So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
Asaph and his brethren
Whom he, that is, David, had appointed for the service of it:

to minister before the ark continually;
in singing the praises of God:

as every day's work required;
at the time of the morning and evening sacrifice, as Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it.

1 Chronicles 16:37 In-Context

35 And say ye, Thou God, our saviour, save us, and gather us together, and deliver us from heathen men; that we acknowledge to thine holy name, and be fully glad in thy songs. (And say ye, Thou God, our saviour, save us, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen; so that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and rejoice in thy songs, or in thy praise.)
36 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from without beginning and into without end; and all the people say, Amen, and say praising to God.
37 Therefore David left there, before the ark of [the] bond of peace of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren, for to minister in the sight of the ark, or before the ark, continually, by all days and their whiles. (And so David left Asaph and his kinsmen there, before the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, to serve continually before the Ark, in all the days of their service, that is, first one, and then another.)
38 And David ordained (as) porters, Obededom and his brethren, eight and sixty; and Obededom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah. (And David ordained Obededom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, to be the guards, or the doorkeepers; and Obededom and his kinsmen were sixty-eight in number.)
39 And he ordained Zadok (the) priest, and his brethren, (the) priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord, in the high place that was in Gibeon, (And he ordained Zadok the priest, and his kinsmen, the priests, to be before the Tabernacle of the Lord, that was at the hill shrine in Gibeon,)
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