1 Chronicles 16:1

The Ark of the Covenant Placed in Its Tent

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

1 Chronicles 16:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1-3. So they brought the ark of God
What is contained1 Chronicles 16:2

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 16:1).

1 Chronicles 16:1 In-Context

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

2 And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh.

3 And he distributed to every man of Israel, both men and women, to each [person] a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, and a cake of raisins.

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

5 Asaph [was] chief, and his second [was] Zechariah; Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel [were] on harps and lyres. And Asaph played on the cymbals.