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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 16:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
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| 1Ch 16:4 |
Strong Concordance |
And he appointed [05414] certain of the Levites [03881] to minister [08334] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the LORD [03068], and to record [02142], and to thank [03034] and praise [01984] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478]: |
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King James |
And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord--No sooner was the ark deposited in its tent than the Levites, who were to officiate in the choirs before it, entered upon their duties. A select number of the musicians were chosen for the service from the list (Ch1 15:19-21) of those who had taken a prominent part in the recent procession. The same arrangement was to be observed in their duties, now that the ark again was stationary; Asaph, with his associates, composing the first or principal company, played with cymbals; Zechariah and his colleagues, with whom were conjoined Jeiel and Obed-edom, forming the second company, used harps and similar instruments. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
This passage is interposed by the writer of Chronicles between two sentences of the parallel passage in Samuel. It contains a detailed account of the service which David instituted at this time, a service out of which grew the more elaborate service of the temple. The language of much of the passage is remarkably archaic, and there can be no reasonable doubt that it is in the main an extract from a record of the time of David.
Ch1 16:5
The occurrence of the name "Jeiel" twice in this list is considered suspicious. Hence, the first "Jeiel" is thought to be a corrupt reading for "Aziel" Ch1 15:20, or "Jaaziel" Ch1 15:18.
Ch1 16:8
The Psalm here put before us by the Chronicler, as sung liturgically by Asaph and his brethren on the day of the ark's entrance into Jerusalem, accords closely with the passages in the present Book of Psalms noted in the marg reff.
It is, apparently, a thanksgiving service composed for the occasion out of Psalms previously existing.
Ch1 16:39
This is the first mention that we have of Gibeon as the place at which the tabernacle of the congregation now rested. Previously it had been at Nob Sa1 21:1-6, from where it was removed probably at the time of the slaughter of the priests by Doeg Sa1 22:18-19. It is uncertain whether Gibeon was regarded as a "high place" before the transfer to it of the tabernacle: hut thenceforth, until the completion of Solomon's Temple, it was the "great high place" Kg1 3:4 - a second center of the national worship which for above 50 years was divided between Gibeon and Jerusalem.
Ch1 16:40
Upon the altar of the burnt offering - The original altar of burnt-offering Exo 27:1-8 continued at Gibeon with the tabernacle Ch2 1:3, Ch2 1:5. David must have erected a new altar for sacrifice at Jerusalem Ch1 16:1. The sacrifices commanded by the Law were, it appears, offered at the former place; at the latter were offered voluntary additional sacrifices.
Ch1 16:41
The rest ... - Rather, "the rest of the chosen ones, who were mentioned by name." The "chosen ones" were "mentioned by name" in Ch1 15:17-24. A portion of them, namely, those named in Ch1 16:5-6, conducted the service in Jerusalem; the remainder were employed in the worship at Gibeon. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
record
See titles of Psalms 38 and 70. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| When the solemnity of the transfer of the ark, the sacrificial meal, and the dismissal of the people with a blessing, and a distribution of food, were ended, David set in order the service of the Levites in the holy tent on Zion. He appointed before the ark, from among the Levites, servants to praise and celebrate God, i.e., singers and players to sing psalms as a part of the regular worship. להזכּיר, literally, "in order to bring into remembrance," is not to praise in general, but is to be interpreted according to the להזכּיר in the superscription of Ps 38 and Psa 70:1-5, by which these psalms are designated as the appointed prayers at the presentation of the Azcarah of the meat-offering (Lev 2:2). הזכּיר accordingly is a denom. from אזכּרה, to present the Azcarah (cf. Del. on Psa 38:1), and is in our verse to be understood of the recital of these prayer-songs with musical accompaniment. הודות, to confess, refers to the psalms in which invocation and acknowledgment of the name of the Lord predominates, and הלּל to those in which praise (Hallelujah) is the prominent feature. In Ch1 16:5 and Ch1 16:6 there follow the names of the Levites appointed for this purpose, who have all been already mentioned in Ch1 15:19-21 as accompanying the ark in its transmission; but all who are there spoken of are not included in our list here. Of the chief singers only Asaph is mentioned, Heman and Ethan being omitted; of the singers and players of the second rank, only nine; six of the eight nebel-players (Ch1 15:20. יעיאל is a transcriber's error for יעזיאל, Ch1 15:18), and only three of the six kinnor-players; while instead of seven trumpet-blowing priests only two are named, viz., Benaiah, one of those seven, and Jehaziel, whose name does not occur in Ch1 15:24. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| To thank, and praise - All our rejoicings should express themselves in thanksgivings to him, from whom all our comforts are received. |
19 So the singers [07891], Heman [01968], Asaph [0623], and Ethan [0387], were appointed to sound [08085] with cymbals [04700] of brass [05178];
20 And Zechariah [02148], and Aziel [05815], and Shemiramoth [08070], and Jehiel [03171], and Unni [06042], and Eliab [0446], and Maaseiah [04641], and Benaiah [01141], with psalteries [05035] on Alamoth [05961];
21 And Mattithiah [04993], and Elipheleh [0466], and Mikneiah [04737], and Obededom [05654], and Jeiel [03273], and Azaziah [05812], with harps [03658] on the Sheminith [08067] to excel [05329].
5 Asaph [0623] the chief [07218], and next [04932] to him Zechariah [02148], Jeiel [03273], and Shemiramoth [08070], and Jehiel [03171], and Mattithiah [04993], and Eliab [0446], and Benaiah [01141], and Obededom [05654]: and Jeiel [03273] with psalteries [05035] [03627] and with harps [03658]; but Asaph [0623] made a sound [08085] with cymbals [04700];
6 Benaiah [01141] also and Jahaziel [03166] the priests [03548] with trumpets [02689] continually [08548] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of God [0430].
17 So the Levites [03881] appointed [05975] Heman [01968] the son [01121] of Joel [03100]; and of his brethren [0251], Asaph [0623] the son [01121] of Berechiah [01296]; and of the sons [01121] of Merari [04847] their brethren [0251], Ethan [0387] the son [01121] of Kushaiah [06984];
18 And with them their brethren [0251] of the second [04932] degree, Zechariah [02148], Ben [01122], and Jaaziel [03268], and Shemiramoth [08070], and Jehiel [03171], and Unni [06042], Eliab [0446], and Benaiah [01141], and Maaseiah [04641], and Mattithiah [04993], and Elipheleh [0466], and Mikneiah [04737], and Obededom [05654], and Jeiel [03273], the porters [07778].
19 So the singers [07891], Heman [01968], Asaph [0623], and Ethan [0387], were appointed to sound [08085] with cymbals [04700] of brass [05178];
20 And Zechariah [02148], and Aziel [05815], and Shemiramoth [08070], and Jehiel [03171], and Unni [06042], and Eliab [0446], and Maaseiah [04641], and Benaiah [01141], with psalteries [05035] on Alamoth [05961];
21 And Mattithiah [04993], and Elipheleh [0466], and Mikneiah [04737], and Obededom [05654], and Jeiel [03273], and Azaziah [05812], with harps [03658] on the Sheminith [08067] to excel [05329].
22 And Chenaniah [03663], chief [08269] of the Levites [03881], was for song [04853]: he instructed [03256] about the song [04853], because he was skilful [0995].
23 And Berechiah [01296] and Elkanah [0511] were doorkeepers [07778] for the ark [0727].
24 And Shebaniah [07645], and Jehoshaphat [03146], and Nethaneel [05417], and Amasai [06022], and Zechariah [02148], and Benaiah [01141], and Eliezer [0461], the priests [03548], did blow [02690] [02690] with the trumpets [02689] before [06440] the ark [0727] of God [0430]: and Obededom [05654] and Jehiah [03174] were doorkeepers [07778] for the ark [0727].
41 And with them Heman [01968] and Jeduthun [03038], and the rest [07605] that were chosen [01305], who were expressed [05344] by name [08034], to give thanks [03034] to the LORD [03068], because his mercy [02617] endureth for ever [05769];
1 So they brought [0935] the ark [0727] of God [0430], and set [03322] it in the midst [08432] of the tent [0168] that David [01732] had pitched [05186] for it: and they offered [07126] burnt sacrifices [05930] and peace offerings [08002] before [06440] God [0430].
5 Moreover the brasen [05178] altar [04196], that Bezaleel [01212] the son [01121] of Uri [0221], the son [01121] of Hur [02354], had made [06213], he put [07760] before [06440] the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068]: and Solomon [08010] and the congregation [06951] sought [01875] unto it.
3 So Solomon [08010], and all the congregation [06951] with him, went [03212] to the high place [01116] that was at Gibeon [01391]; for there was the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] of God [0430], which Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] had made [06213] in the wilderness [04057].
1 And thou shalt make [06213] an altar [04196] of shittim [07848] wood [06086], five [02568] cubits [0520] long [0753], and five [02568] cubits [0520] broad [07341]; the altar [04196] shall be foursquare [07251]: and the height [06967] thereof shall be three [07969] cubits [0520].
2 And thou shalt make [06213] the horns [07161] of it upon the four [0702] corners [06438] thereof: his horns [07161] shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay [06823] it with brass [05178].
3 And thou shalt make [06213] his pans [05518] to receive his ashes [01878], and his shovels [03257], and his basons [04219], and his fleshhooks [04207], and his firepans [04289]: all the vessels [03627] thereof thou shalt make [06213] of brass [05178].
4 And thou shalt make [06213] for it a grate [04345] of network [04639] of brass [05178]; and upon the net [07568] shalt thou make [06213] four [0702] brasen [05178] rings [02885] in the four [0702] corners [07098] thereof.
5 And thou shalt put [05414] it under the compass [03749] of the altar [04196] beneath [04295], that the net [07568] may be even to [05704] the midst [02677] of the altar [04196].
6 And thou shalt make [06213] staves [0905] for the altar [04196], staves [0905] of shittim [07848] wood [06086], and overlay [06823] them with brass [05178].
7 And the staves [0905] shall be put [0935] into the rings [02885], and the staves [0905] shall be upon the two [08147] sides [06763] of the altar [04196], to bear [05375] it.
8 Hollow [05014] with boards [03871] shalt thou make [06213] it: as it was shewed [07200] thee in the mount [02022], so shall they make [06213] it.
40 To offer [05927] burnt offerings [05930] unto the LORD [03068] upon the altar [04196] of the burnt offering [05930] continually [08548] morning [01242] and evening [06153], and to do according to all that is written [03789] in the law [08451] of the LORD [03068], which he commanded [06680] Israel [03478];
4 And the king [04428] went [03212] to Gibeon [01391] to sacrifice [02076] there; for that [01931] was the great [01419] high place [01116]: a thousand [0505] burnt offerings [05930] did Solomon [08010] offer [05927] upon that altar [04196].
18 And the king [04428] said [0559] to Doeg [01673], Turn [05437] thou, and fall [06293] upon the priests [03548]. And Doeg [01673] the Edomite [0130] turned [05437], and he fell [06293] upon the priests [03548], and slew [04191] on that day [03117] fourscore [08084] and five [02568] persons [0376] that did wear [05375] a linen [0906] ephod [0646].
19 And Nob [05011], the city [05892] of the priests [03548], smote [05221] he with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], both men [0376] and women [0802], children [05768] and sucklings [03243], and oxen [07794], and asses [02543], and sheep [07716], with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].
1 Then came [0935] David [01732] to Nob [05011] to Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548]: and Ahimelech [0288] was afraid [02729] at the meeting [07125] of David [01732], and said [0559] unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man [0376] with thee?
2 And David [01732] said [0559] unto Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548], The king [04428] hath commanded [06680] me a business [01697], and hath said [0559] unto me, Let no man [0376] know [03045] any thing [03972] of the business [01697] whereabout I send [07971] thee, and what I have commanded [06680] thee: and I have appointed [03045] my servants [05288] to such [06423] and such [0492] a place [04725].
3 Now therefore what is [03426] under thine hand [03027]? give [05414] me five [02568] loaves of bread [03899] in mine hand [03027], or what there is present [04672].
4 And the priest [03548] answered [06030] David [01732], and said [0559], There is no common [02455] bread [03899] under mine hand [03027], but there is [03426] hallowed [06944] bread [03899]; if the young men [05288] have kept [08104] themselves at least [0389] from women [0802].
5 And David [01732] answered [06030] the priest [03548], and said [0559] unto him, Of a truth [0518] women [0802] have been kept [06113] from us about these three [08032] days [08543], since I came out [03318], and the vessels [03627] of the young men [05288] are holy [06944], and the bread is in a manner [01870] common [02455], yea, though it were sanctified [06942] this day [03117] in the vessel [03627].
6 So the priest [03548] gave [05414] him hallowed [06944] bread: for there was no bread [03899] there but the shewbread [03899] [06440], that was taken [05493] from before [06440] the LORD [03068], to put [07760] hot [02527] bread [03899] in the day [03117] when it was taken away [03947].
39 And Zadok [06659] the priest [03548], and his brethren [0251] the priests [03548], before [06440] the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068] in the high place [01116] that was at Gibeon [01391],
8 Give thanks [03034] unto the LORD [03068], call [07121] upon his name [08034], make known [03045] his deeds [05949] among the people [05971].
18 And with them their brethren [0251] of the second [04932] degree, Zechariah [02148], Ben [01122], and Jaaziel [03268], and Shemiramoth [08070], and Jehiel [03171], and Unni [06042], Eliab [0446], and Benaiah [01141], and Maaseiah [04641], and Mattithiah [04993], and Elipheleh [0466], and Mikneiah [04737], and Obededom [05654], and Jeiel [03273], the porters [07778].
20 And Zechariah [02148], and Aziel [05815], and Shemiramoth [08070], and Jehiel [03171], and Unni [06042], and Eliab [0446], and Maaseiah [04641], and Benaiah [01141], with psalteries [05035] on Alamoth [05961];
5 Asaph [0623] the chief [07218], and next [04932] to him Zechariah [02148], Jeiel [03273], and Shemiramoth [08070], and Jehiel [03171], and Mattithiah [04993], and Eliab [0446], and Benaiah [01141], and Obededom [05654]: and Jeiel [03273] with psalteries [05035] [03627] and with harps [03658]; but Asaph [0623] made a sound [08085] with cymbals [04700];
24 And Shebaniah [07645], and Jehoshaphat [03146], and Nethaneel [05417], and Amasai [06022], and Zechariah [02148], and Benaiah [01141], and Eliezer [0461], the priests [03548], did blow [02690] [02690] with the trumpets [02689] before [06440] the ark [0727] of God [0430]: and Obededom [05654] and Jehiah [03174] were doorkeepers [07778] for the ark [0727].
18 And with them their brethren [0251] of the second [04932] degree, Zechariah [02148], Ben [01122], and Jaaziel [03268], and Shemiramoth [08070], and Jehiel [03171], and Unni [06042], Eliab [0446], and Benaiah [01141], and Maaseiah [04641], and Mattithiah [04993], and Elipheleh [0466], and Mikneiah [04737], and Obededom [05654], and Jeiel [03273], the porters [07778].
20 And Zechariah [02148], and Aziel [05815], and Shemiramoth [08070], and Jehiel [03171], and Unni [06042], and Eliab [0446], and Maaseiah [04641], and Benaiah [01141], with psalteries [05035] on Alamoth [05961];
19 So the singers [07891], Heman [01968], Asaph [0623], and Ethan [0387], were appointed to sound [08085] with cymbals [04700] of brass [05178];
20 And Zechariah [02148], and Aziel [05815], and Shemiramoth [08070], and Jehiel [03171], and Unni [06042], and Eliab [0446], and Maaseiah [04641], and Benaiah [01141], with psalteries [05035] on Alamoth [05961];
21 And Mattithiah [04993], and Elipheleh [0466], and Mikneiah [04737], and Obededom [05654], and Jeiel [03273], and Azaziah [05812], with harps [03658] on the Sheminith [08067] to excel [05329].
6 Benaiah [01141] also and Jahaziel [03166] the priests [03548] with trumpets [02689] continually [08548] before [06440] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of God [0430].
5 Asaph [0623] the chief [07218], and next [04932] to him Zechariah [02148], Jeiel [03273], and Shemiramoth [08070], and Jehiel [03171], and Mattithiah [04993], and Eliab [0446], and Benaiah [01141], and Obededom [05654]: and Jeiel [03273] with psalteries [05035] [03627] and with harps [03658]; but Asaph [0623] made a sound [08085] with cymbals [04700];
1 A Psalm [04210] of David [01732], to bring to remembrance [02142]. O LORD [03068], rebuke [03198] me not in thy wrath [07110]: neither chasten [03256] me in thy hot displeasure [02534].
2 And he shall bring [0935] it to Aaron's [0175] sons [01121] the priests [03548]: and he shall take [07061] thereout [08033] his handful [07062] [04393] of the flour [05560] thereof, and of the oil [08081] thereof, with all the frankincense [03828] thereof; and the priest [03548] shall burn [06999] the memorial [0234] of it upon the altar [04196], to be an offering made by fire [0801], of a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068]:
1 To the chief Musician [05329], A Psalm of David [01732], to bring to remembrance [02142]. Make haste, O God [0430], to deliver [05337] me; make haste [02363] to help [05833] me, O LORD [03068].
2 Let them be ashamed [0954] and confounded [02659] that seek [01245] after my soul [05315]: let them be turned [05472] backward [0268], and put to confusion [03637], that desire [02655] my hurt [07451].
3 Let them be turned back [07725] for a reward [06118] of their shame [01322] that say [0559], Aha [01889], aha [01889].
4 Let all those that seek [01245] thee rejoice [07797] and be glad [08055] in thee: and let such as love [0157] thy salvation [03444] say [0559] continually [08548], Let God [0430] be magnified [01431].
5 But I am poor [06041] and needy [034]: make haste [02363] unto me, O God [0430]: thou art my help [05828] and my deliverer [06403]; O LORD [03068], make no tarrying [0309].