1 Chronicles 13:8
in 1 Chronicles 13David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
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ASV
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
KJV
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah--(See on 2Sa 6:1-11). whose name is called on it--rather, "who is worshipped there" (2Sa 6:2).
This site's exposition
played before God with all their might
Every instrument Israel owns sounds at once, singing, harps, psalteries, timbrels, cymbals and trumpets, the same list of instruments that will organize the Levitical choirs David founds in chapters 15 and 16. Genuine worship and a real breach of the Law travel together in this one procession, and the chapter does not resolve the tension before Uzza's hand reaches for the ark two verses later. Spurgeon preached this scene as The Lesson of Uzza, reading the zeal of the players as no substitute for the obedience the Law required.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2855: “The Lesson of Uzza” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
DAVID had, in his heart, an intense love to God. During Saul's reign, God had been well-nigh forgotten in the land. The ordinances of His house had been almost, if not entirely, neglected, and when David found himself firmly seated upon his throne, one of his first thoughts was concerning the revival of religion, the reestablishment of that form of worship which God had ordained in the wilderness by the mouth of His servant Moses. So he looked about him to see where the Ark of the Covenant, that most sacred of all the ancient symbols, was, and he wrote, "We heard of it at Ephra-tah: we found it in the fields of the wood." Out of pure love and reverence to God, he called the people together, consulting with them so that the thing might not be done by himself, but by the nation. It was agreed that the Ark should be brought up and placed upon Mount Zion, near the palace of the king, in a conspicuous position where it should be the center of religious worship for the entire nation. It was to be placed near that sacred spot where Abraham had, of old, offered up his son, Isaac, that, in the great days of assembly, the Israelites might wend their way there and worship God as He had commanded them. David's intention was right enough, no fault can be found with that. But right things must be done in a right way. We serve a jealous God, who, though He overlooks many faults in His people, yet, nevertheless, will have His Word reverenced and His commands obeyed. "Be you clean," He says, "that bear the vessels of the Lord." He will be honored by those that attempt to draw near to Him. So it came to pass that, though David had a good intention and was about to do a right thing, yet, at the first, he had a great failure. When we have considered the cause of that failure, we shall note that this failure worked in David a great fear.
A commentator
Charles Spurgeon1834–1892
The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2855: “The Lesson of Uzza” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) · Written before 1892.
proposed
DAVID had, in his heart, an intense love to God. During Saul's reign, God had been well-nigh forgotten in the land. The ordinances of His house had been almost, if not entirely, neglected, and when David found himself firmly seated upon his throne, one of his first thoughts was concerning the revival of religion, the reestablishment of that form of worship which God had ordained in the wilderness by the mouth of His servant Moses.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְדָוִ֣יד | vedavid | and David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מְשַׂחֲקִ֛ים | mesachakim | [were] making merry | H7832 → | |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֹ֑ז | ʾoz | strength | H5797 → | 92 times |
| וּבְשִׁירִ֤ים | uveshirim | and with songs | H7892 → | 59 times |
| וּבְכִנֹּרוֹת֙ | uvekhinorot | and with harps | H3658 → | 42 times |
| וּבִנְבָלִ֣ים | uvinvalim | and with lyres | H5035 → | 38 times |
| וּבְתֻפִּ֔ים | uvetupim | and with tambourines | H8596 → | |
| וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֖יִם | uvimtziltayim | and with cymbals | H4700 → | 13 times |
| וּבַחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃ | uvachatzotzerot | and with trumpets | H2689 → | 29 times |
וְדָוִ֣ידand David
vedavidH1732 →999 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מְשַׂחֲקִ֛ים[were] making merry
mesachakimH7832 →
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
בְּכָל־with all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
עֹ֑זstrength
ʾozH5797 →92 times
וּבְשִׁירִ֤יםand with songs
uveshirimH7892 →59 times
וּבְכִנֹּרוֹת֙and with harps
uvekhinorotH3658 →42 times
וּבִנְבָלִ֣יםand with lyres
uvinvalimH5035 →38 times
וּבְתֻפִּ֔יםand with tambourines
uvetupimH8596 →
וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֖יִםand with cymbals
uvimtziltayimH4700 →13 times
וּבַחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃and with trumpets
uvachatzotzerotH2689 →29 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 Samuel 10:5After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 3:15
But now, bring me a harpist.” And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha
- 1 Samuel 19:20
he sent messengers to capture him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
- 1 Samuel 13:3
Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
- 2 Kings 2:15
When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down…
- 2 Kings 2:3
Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do…
- 2 Kings 3:15
Through
1 Chronicles 16:42Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
it leads to
- Psalms 84:10
For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Psalms 150:3–6
Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
- 1 Chronicles 25:6–7
All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and…
- Psalms 84:10
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This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2855: The Lesson of Uzza; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2855: “The Lesson of Uzza” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.