1 Chronicles 16:3

3 Then he distributed to each and every Israelite, both men and women, a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.^[a]

1 Chronicles 16:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 16:3

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 16:1).

1 Chronicles 16:3 In-Context

1 They brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in God's presence.

2 When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.

3 Then he distributed to each and every Israelite, both men and women, a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.

4 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.

5 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

Footnotes

• [a] 2 Sm 6:17-19