1 Chronicles 15:24
in 1 Chronicles 15Shebaniah, 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.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd 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
And Berechiah and Elkanah
on 1 Chronicles 15:23-24
Two pairs of doorkeepers guard the ark on its return: Berechiah and Elkanah here, and Obed-edom and Jehiah added in the next verse, alongside seven priests who sound trumpets before the ark. This Obed-edom is the same man in whose house the ark rested three months and whose household the LORD blessed for it, and here he moves from host to escort. The trumpets belong specifically to the priests, the instrument Numbers 10 assigns them for moving the camp and the ark, kept distinct from the Levites' harps and cymbals appointed earlier in the chapter.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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 & Brown1802–1910
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּשְׁבַנְיָ֡הוּ | ushevanyahu | and Shebaniah | H7645 → | |
| וְיֽוֹשָׁפָ֡ט | veyoshafat | and Joshaphat | H3146 → | |
| וּנְתַנְאֵ֡ל | unetanel | and Nethanel | H5417 → | 14 times |
| וַעֲמָשַׂ֡י | vaamasai | and Amasai | H6022 → | 5 times |
| וּ֠זְכַרְיָהוּ | uzekharyahu | and Zechariah | H2148 → | 43 times |
| וּבְנָיָ֤הוּ | uvenayahu | and Benaiah | H1141 → | 42 times |
| וֶֽאֱלִיעֶ֙זֶר֙ | veeliezer | and Eliezer | H461 → | 14 times |
| הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| מַחְצְרִים֙ | machatzotzerim | [were] blowing a trumpet | H2690 → | |
| בַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹת | bachatzotzerot | on trumpets | H2689 → | 29 times |
| לִפְנֵ֖י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֲר֣וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| וְעֹבֵ֤ד | veoved | and Obed- | H5654 → | 40 times |
| אֱדֹם֙ | ʾedom | Edom | H5654 → | 40 times |
| וִֽיחִיָּ֔ה | vichiyah | and Jehiah | H3174 → | |
| שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים | shoarim | [were] gatekeepers | H7778 → | 37 times |
| לָאָרֽוֹן׃ | laaron | for the ark | H727 → | 202 times |
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 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 Chronicles 15:28So 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!
- 1 Chronicles 13:8
Through
Numbers 10:8The 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.
- Joshua 6:4–16
Through
1 Chronicles 16:6and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 29:26–28
The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
- 2 Chronicles 29:26–28
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This page draws on 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.
