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1 Chronicles 16:1

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So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.

KJV

So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 16

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

placed it inside the tent

on 1 Chronicles 16:1-3

Chronicles opens where 2 Sam 6:17-19 opens, with the ark placed “inside the tent that David had pitched for it”, before Solomon's temple is built. Chronicles spends the rest of the chapter on the psalm and the choir David founds around the ark, which Samuel sums up in a line.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

So they brought the ark of God,.... What is contained in these three verses is the same with 2Sa 6:17, see the notes there. See Gill on 2Sa 6:17. See Gill on 2Sa 6:18. See Gill on 2Sa 6:19.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The first three verses form part of the narrative commenced at 1Ch 15:25. Compare 2Sa 6:17-19, where the passage is not torn from its proper context.

The words behind it

17 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.

  • וַיָּבִ֙יאוּ֙and they brought

    vaiyaviuH935 →2568 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727 →202 times

  • הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • וַיַּצִּ֣יגוּand they set

    vaiyatziguH3322 →

  • אֹת֔וֹ<obj.> it

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • בְּת֣וֹךְin [the] midst of

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • הָאֹ֔הֶלthe tent

    haohelH168 →345 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • נָֽטָה־he had pitched

    natah-H5186 →214 times

  • ל֖וֹfor it

    lo

  • דָּוִ֑ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • וַיַּקְרִ֛יבוּand they brought near

    vaiyakrivuH7126 →

  • עֹל֥וֹתburnt offerings

    olotH5930 →287 times

  • וּשְׁלָמִ֖יםand peace offerings

    ushelamimH8002 →87 times

  • לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

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

Related verses

13 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Samuel 7:2he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”5 works1 Chronicles 15:1David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.5 worksEzra 6:16–18Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.3 works2 Chronicles 1:4Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.3 works2 Samuel 6:17–19So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.3 worksPsalms 43:3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.3 works
The other 7 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Chronicles 15:12And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.2 works2 Chronicles 5:6–7There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.2 works1 Chronicles 17:1After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”2 works2 Chronicles 5:2At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.2 works1 Chronicles 6:38the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.2 works1 Kings 8:5There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.2 worksPsalms 132:8Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.1 works

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 15:12

    And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel,…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 35:6

      Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”

    • Romans 12:1–2

      Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

    • Exodus 19:14–15

      When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:14

      So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 15:1

    David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 132:5

      until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 1:4

    Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 6:2

      And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who…

    • 2 Samuel 6:17

      So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:25–28

      So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

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.
1 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 1 Chronicles 16 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.

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