Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Chronicles 16:19
When ye were but (h) few, even a few, and strangers in it.
(h) Meaning, from the time that Abraham entered, to the time that Jacob went into Egypt for famine.
When ye were but (h) few, even a few, and strangers in it.
(h) Meaning, from the time that Abraham entered, to the time that Jacob went into Egypt for famine.
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 ser...
6. THE GREAT THANKSGIVING PSALM CHAPTER 16:4-43 _ 1. David's appointment (1 Chronicles 16:4)_ 2. The Psalm of praise and thanksgiving (1 Chronicles 16:7) 3. The Levites and the public worship ...
1 CHRONICLES 15:25 TO 1 CHRONICLES 16:3. See notes on 2 Samuel 6:12. 1 CHRONICLES 16:4. This app
YE. In Psalms 105:12 it is "they". See notes on verses: 1 Chronicles 16:13 and 1 Chronicles 16:15 above....
_when ye were_ Psalms 105:12 _when they were_. _strangers_ R.V. SOJOURNERS. The patriarchs were not simply _strangers_, but strangers who made a long _sojourn_in Canaan....
The Psalm of Praise 7. _David delivered first_this psalm _to thank the Lord into the hand_etc.] R.V. DID DAVID FIRST ORDAIN TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, BY THE HAND etc. The psalm which follows consi...
LESSON SEVEN 15-16 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT BROUGHT TO JERUSALEM DAVID'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING THE MINISTERS AND WORSHIP 8. BRINGING THE ARK TO JERUSALEM (15-16) INTRODUCTION The completion of the mo...
_GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, CALL UPON HIS NAME, MAKE KNOWN HIS DEEDS AMONG THE PEOPLE._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE CELEBRATION OF THE EVENT Only the first three vv. and the last v. of this chapter are derived from 2 Samuel 6:17, the rest, describing the musical arrangements, being new....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 16 The people *worship and praise the *LORD –...
The fourth strophe of Psalms 105 begins here. WHEN YE WERE BUT FEW. — The psalm has “when they [that is, your fathers] were but few; “and so LXX. here. FEW. — Literally, _men of number_ = easily cou...
(8-22) The first four strophes of Psalms 105 (1 Chronicles 16:1.)...
(4-42) THE INSTITUTION OF A MINISTRY FOR THE ARK. THE ODE SUNG ON THE DAY OF INSTITUTION. This entire section is peculiar to the Chronicle. 1 Chronicles 16:43 is almost identical with 2 Samuel 6:19. C...
בִּֽ הְיֹֽותְכֶם֙ מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֔ר כִּ מְעַ֖ט...
The Ark was brought in with great rejoicing, and we have the psalm sung on the occasion. This great psalm of praise sung by the trained musicians is a compilation of parts of three found in the Book o...
The scope of this psalm, taken altogether, is to celebrate the praises of Jehovah, and especially in his covenant love to his redeemed. Hence he is to be praised for the glories of his own name, for h...
Let us now consider the import of this establishment of the ark and of the throne in Zion, as set before us in the psalm which David wrote on this occasion. It is true that, so far as it was entrusted...
1 Chronicles 16:7...
1 Dauids festiual sacrifice. 4 Hee ordereth a Quire to sing Thankesgiuing. 7 The Psalme of Thankesgiuing. 37 He appointeth Ministers, Porters, Priests and Musitians, to attend continually on the Ar...
when ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it, namely, the families of the patriarchs....
David's Psalm of Praise...
FEW: _ Heb._ men of number...
7-36 Let God be glorified in our praises. Let others be edified and taught, that strangers to him may be led to adore him. Let us ourselves triumph and trust in God. Those that give glory to God's na...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Chronicles 16:19 few H4557 number H4962 few H4592 strangers H1481 (H8802) a few - Genesis 3
CONTENTS: David's festival and psalm of thanksgiving. The ark established in Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God, David, Zadok, Asaph, Obed-edom, Heman, Jeduthun. CONCLUSION: Though God's Word may be clouded...
1 Chronicles 16:7. _David delivered this psalm into the hand of Asaph._ The sublime and well chosen pieces sung before the ark, will be found and illustrated in Psalms 105. 1 Chronicles 16:22. Touch n...
_He suffered no man to do them wrong._ EVIL-DOING RESTRAINED I. Here is the nearness and dearness of the saints unto God. II. Here is the great dancer to kings and states to deal with His saints ot...
_Be ye always mindful of His covenant _ THE NATIONAL COVENANT Learn: I. That God’s method of intercourse with men has ever been in the form of a covenant. Tayler Lewes says: “There is no religion w...
_Then on that day David delivered first this psalm._ A PSALM OF THANKSGIVING This, a composite psalm, represents a form of service rather than a psalm. The whole of it, with slight variations, found...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 16:1 The brief account in 2 Samuel 6:17 of the ark’s arrival in Jerusalem and the festivities is greatly expanded here....
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 16:8 This psalm of praise is drawn from Psalms 105:1; Psalms 96:1;...
CRITICAL NOTES.] In 2 Samuel 6:17, only three verses and a clause parallel with this chapter. _1 Chronicles 16:1_.—_The ark lodged in tent_. After this event Levites entered upon their duties before t...
EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 16:1 These three verses rather belong to the close of the last chapter, and they carry on the parallel of 2 Samuel 6:1. in its 2 Samuel 6:17-10....
In chapter sixteen, They brought the ark of the covenant, and they set it in the midst of the tent, the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and they offered the burnt sacrifices and the peace o...
Acts 7:5; Genesis 34:30; Hebrews 11:13...