Ver. 38 And Obededom, with their brethren, threescore and eight The Levites, the brethren of Asaph and Obededom, these were left before the ark to minister there:
Obededom also the son of Jeduthun; or Ethan, which some take to be another Obededom; but the (w) , "vau" may be explanative, "even Obededom":
and Hosah to be porters; these he left to be doorkeepers of the ark.
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Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting." Then all the people said "Amen!" and praised the Lord.
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David left Asaph and his kinsfolk there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister regularly before the ark as each day required,
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and also Obed-edom and his sixty-eight kinsfolk; while Obed-edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.
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And he left the priest Zadok and his kindred the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon,
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to offer burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of burnt offering regularly, morning and evening, according to all that is written in the law of the Lord that he commanded Israel.
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