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1 Chronicles 15:24

in 1 Chronicles 15

Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

KJV

And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed–edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 15

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God,.... With the silver trumpets; one use of which was to blow with when the camps and ark of the Lord moved, Num 10:5. and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark; they went behind it, as the others before it, for the same purpose, as it was bringing up.

This site's exposition

Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians

on 1 Chronicles 15:23-24

Berechiah and Elkanah were to be guardians of the ark, and Obed-edom and Jehiah join them, beside seven priests who blow the trumpets. The trumpets belong to the priests, as Numbers 10 assigns them for moving the camp, apart from the Levites' harps and cymbals.

This site's exposition

Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai

Numbers 10:2 to 8 assigned the silver trumpets to the priests, the sons of Aaron. Seven priests blow them here before the ark. Gill recalls that the trumpets sounded when the camp and the ark set out in the wilderness.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the L ORD , that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint . . . the singers with instruments--These eminent Levites were instructed to train the musicians and singers who were under them, for the solemn procession. The performers were ranged in three choirs or bands, and the names of the principal leaders are given (1Ch 15:17, 18, 21), with the instruments respectively used by each.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּשְׁבַנְיָ֡הוּand Shebaniah

    ushevanyahuH7645 →

  • וְיֽוֹשָׁפָ֡טand Joshaphat

    veyoshafatH3146 →

  • וּנְתַנְאֵ֡לand Nethanel

    unetanelH5417 →14 times

  • וַעֲמָשַׂ֡יand Amasai

    vaamasaiH6022 →5 times

  • וּ֠זְכַרְיָהוּand Zechariah

    uzekharyahuH2148 →43 times

  • וּבְנָיָ֤הוּand Benaiah

    uvenayahuH1141 →42 times

  • וֶֽאֱלִיעֶ֙זֶר֙and Eliezer

    veeliezerH461 →14 times

  • הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • מַחְצְרִים֙[were] blowing a trumpet

    machatzotzerimH2690 →

  • בַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹתon trumpets

    bachatzotzerotH2689 →29 times

  • לִפְנֵ֖י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727 →202 times

  • הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • וְעֹבֵ֤דand Obed-

    veovedH5654 →40 times

  • אֱדֹם֙Edom

    ʾedomH5654 →40 times

  • וִֽיחִיָּ֔הand Jehiah

    vichiyahH3174 →

  • שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים[were] gatekeepers

    shoarimH7778 →37 times

  • לָאָרֽוֹן׃for the ark

    laaronH727 →202 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 15:28

    So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 13:8

      David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:16

      David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

    • Psalms 47:1–5

      Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.

    • Ezra 3:10–11

      When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise…

    • Psalms 98:4–6

      Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!

  • Through

    Numbers 10:8

    The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 6:4–16

      Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.

    • Numbers 31:6

      And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 16:6

    and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

    it leads to

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.

This page draws on Berean Standard Bible, Numbers 10:2 to 8; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.