1 Chronicles 16:4 BSB

1 Chronicles 16:4

David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel:

KJV

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:

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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. 1Ch 16:5 The occurrence of the name “Jeiel” twice in this list is considered suspicious.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּתֵּ֞ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he appointed	H5414 →
לִפְנֵ֨י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
אֲר֧וֹן	'a.Ron	[the] ark of	H727 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מִן־	min-	some of	H4480 →
הַלְוִיִּ֖ם	hal.vi.Yim	the Levites	H3881 →
מְשָׁרְתִ֑ים	me.sha.re.Tim	servants	H8334 →
וּלְהַזְכִּיר֙	u.le.haz.Kir	and to make remembrance	H2142 →
וּלְהוֹד֣וֹת	u.le.ho.Dot	and to give thanks	H3034 →
וּלְהַלֵּ֔ל	u.le.ha.Lel	and to praise	H1984 →
לַיהוָ֖ה	la.Yah.weh	<to> Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 103:2
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
leads to
- Isaiah 63:7
  I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great…
- Psalms 116:12
  How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?
- Psalms 105:5
  Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
- Luke 17:15–18
  When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
- Deuteronomy 6:12
  be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Through
Psalms 72:18
Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
leads to
- Psalms 41:13
  Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 29:10
  Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 106:48
  Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!