1 Chronicles 15:22

_AND CHENANIAH, CHIEF OF THE LEVITES, WAS FOR SONG: HE INSTRUCTED ABOUT THE SONG, BECAUSE HE WAS SKILFUL._ Chenaniah, chief of the Levites. He was not of the six heads of the Levitical families, but a chief in consequence of his office, which required learning, without regard to birth or family. INSTRUCTED ABOUT THE SONG. He directed all these bands as to the proper time when each was to strike in or change their notes; or, as some render the passage, 'He led the burdens, because he was skilled' - i:e., in the custom which it was necessary to observe in the carriage of the holy thinks (Bertheau)....

1-24 Wise and good men may be guilty of oversights, which they will correct, as soon as they are aware of them. David does not try to justify what had been done amiss, nor to lay the blame on others; but he owns himself guilty, with others, of not seeking God in due order...

Verse 1 Chronicles 15:22. _CHENANIAH - HE INSTRUCTED ABOUT THE SONG_] This appears to have been the master singer; he gave the _key_ and the _time_, for he presided במשא _bemassa_, in the _elevation_, probably meaning what is called _pitching the tune_, for _he was skilful_ in music, and powerful in his voice, and well qualified to lead the band: be might have been _precentor_,...

FOR SONG - See the margin. Hebraists are still at variance as to the meaning of this passage, some supposing elevation or, delivery of the voice, others elevation of the ark, to be intended....

EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 15:1 The contents of this verse and the following verses up to the twenty-fifth have no parallel in the Book of Samuel, and excite suggestion respecting the different objects with which the compiler of Chronicles wrote, as compared with those of the author of the former work. They also direct fresh attention to the sources upon which they drew. The history of the preparations made for the reception of the ark, and for its safe and religious escort into the city, is now proceeded with. These preparations occupied the three months, or part of the three months, spoken of in 1 Chronicles 13:14. The HOUSES may have been both his own ...

AND CHENANIAH CHIEF OF THE LEVITES WAS FOR SONG,.... But the chief for the song were Heman, Asaph, and Ethan; rather FOR THE BURDEN, as the Targum; for the lifting up and bearing the ark: HE INSTRUCTED ABOUT THE SONG; or about the taking up and bearing the burden, the ark; directing when to take it up, and how far to go with it, and then rest: BECAUSE HE WAS SKILFUL; a wise and prudent man in all things, and so proper to direct in this business....

1 _;_ 2. _And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God; and to minister unto him for ever._ It should not be carried upon a new cart, dragged by unwilling oxen but it should be borne upon the cheerful shoulders of the God-appointed bearers, the Levites. 1 Chronicles 15:3. _And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:_ Then follows the list of them, which we need not now read. 1 C

; 1 Chronicles 16:1 . THE ARK BROUGHT TO JERUSALEM CHAPTER 15:1-16:3 _ 1. The true preparation to fetch the ark (1 Chronicles 15:1)_ 2. The great procession (1 Chronicles 15:16) 3. The ark brought back (1 Chronicles 15:25; 1 Chronicles 16:1) The ark rested in the house of Obed-edom for three months. During that time David prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent.Warned by what had happened, his conscience aroused, David said, “None ought to

1 CHRONICLES 15:1 TO 1 CHRONICLES 16:43. THE BRINGING UP OF THE ARK TO JERUSALEM (_cf._ 2 Samuel 6:12_ a_). The account given by the Chronicler is much more elaborate, stress being laid on the part played by the priests and Levites; they are not mentioned in 2 S. 1 CHRONICLES 15:2. _Cf._ Numbers 1:50; Numbers 4:15; Numbers 7:9;...

CHIEF. prince. Not by birth, but by merit. Probably "the chief musician". WAS FOR SONG, or, was for service: especially the service of carrying up the Ark. ABOUT THE SONG. Three Psalms appointed: 1 Chronicles 16:7; Psalms 5 and Psalms 11. which, being suitable for general use, were afterwards handed over to "the chief musician". See note on the subscript at end of Psalms 3....