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1 Chronicles 15:26

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And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.

KJV

And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 15

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord,.... Not merely granted them bodily strength to carry it, which did not require a great deal; but helped them to carry it with cheerfulness, and without fear, and so as to commit no error, nor in any respect provoke his displeasure, as when it was brought before from Kirjathjearim: that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams; by way of thanksgiving, besides what David offered; and this was done by the way, see 2Sa 6:13.

This site's exposition

the captains over thousands, went

on 1 Chronicles 15:25-26

David goes in person this time, together with the elders of Israel and the captains over thousands, to fetch the ark from the house where it had rested three months. Verse 26 marks the difference from chapter 13 plainly: God helped the Levites that bore the ark, and the procession answers with a thanksgiving sacrifice of seven bullocks and seven rams rather than a sudden death. Chronicles reads the earlier disaster and this success as one story told across two attempts, the same men and the same ark, with only the method changed.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This also he helped them to do. They offered these bullocks and rams perhaps by way of atonement for the former error, that it might not now be remembered against them, as well as by way of acknowledgment for the help now received. There were great expressions of rejoicing used: the sacred music was played, David danced, the singers sang, and the common people shouted,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

God helped the Levites - When they saw that God had made no breach among them, as he had in the case of Uzza, in gratitude for their preservation, and his acceptance of their labor, they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.
When God helped the Levites - The death of Uzza had deeply impressed both David and the Levites, and it was doubted whether God would allow the ark to be moved anymore. Sacrificial animals were held ready; and when it appeared - by the movement of the ark six paces 2Sa 6:13, without any manifestation of the divine displeasure - that God was not opposing but rather helping the Levites in their task, the victims were at once offered.

The words behind it

14 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.

  • וַֽיְהִי֙and it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • בֶּעְזֹ֣רbecause helped

    be'zorH5826 →81 times

  • הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • אֶ֨ת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֔םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • נֹשְׂאֵ֖י[the] bearers of

    noseeiH5375 →656 times

  • אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727 →202 times

  • בְּרִית־[the] covenant of

    berit-H1285 →284 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וַיִּזְבְּח֥וּand they sacrificed

    vaiyizbechuH2076 →134 times

  • שִׁבְעָֽה־seven

    shivah-H7651 →394 times

  • פָרִ֖יםyoung bulls

    farimH6499 →

  • וְשִׁבְעָ֥הand seven

    veshivahH7651 →394 times

  • אֵילִֽים׃rams

    ʾeilimH352 →

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

Related verses

17 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.

Job 42:8So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”8 worksNumbers 23:29Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”5 works1 Chronicles 29:14But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.4 worksPsalms 66:13–15I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—4 worksJoshua 6:13And the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.4 works2 Corinthians 2:16To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?3 works
The other 11 cross-references, with their words ▾
Acts 26:22But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:3 worksNumbers 23:1–4Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”3 works2 Corinthians 3:5Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.3 works1 Samuel 7:12Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”3 works2 Samuel 6:13When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.3 worksNumbers 29:32On the seventh day you are to present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,3 worksEzekiel 45:23Each day during the seven days of the feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, along with a male goat for a sin offering.3 worksDeuteronomy 10:8At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.3 works2 Chronicles 29:21They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.2 worksMalachi 3:4Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the LORD, as in days of old and years gone by.2 worksNumbers 6:14and he is to present an offering to the LORD of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, and an unblemished ram as a peace offering—2 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 29:14

    But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to…

    it leads to

    • James 1:17

      Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

    • 2 Corinthians 3:5

      Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

    • Romans 11:36

      For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.

  • Through

    2 Corinthians 2:16

    To the one, we are an odor of death and demise; to the other, a fragrance that brings life. And who is qualified for such a task?

    it leads to

    • 2 Corinthians 3:5–6

      Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

    • John 9:39

      Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”

  • Through

    Job 42:8

    So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer…

    it leads to

    • Numbers 23:1

      Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

    • James 5:16

      Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

    • Genesis 20:17

      Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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