Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Chronicles 16:4
And he appointed [certain] of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to (b) record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
(b) That is, God's benefits to his people.
And he appointed [certain] of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to (b) record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
(b) That is, God's benefits to his people.
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
TO RECORD. Compare titles of Psalms 38 (Psalms 38:1) and 70 (Psalms 70:1)...
4 6 (cp. 1 Chronicles 16:37-38). David's Arrangements for Ministration before the Ark 4. _to record_ R.V. TO CELEBRATE. The literal meaning is _to call to mind_; cp. 1 Chronicles 16:12 (_remember_)....
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...
_AND HE APPOINTED CERTAIN OF THE LEVITES TO MINISTER BEFORE THE ARK OF THE LORD, AND TO RECORD, AND TO THANK AND PRAISE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL:_ He appointed certain of the Levites to minister. No so...
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 –...
AND HE APPOINTED CERTAIN OF THE LEVITES. — Literally, _put, placed_ (Genesis 3:12). TO MINISTER. — Literally, _ministering_ — _i.e., as ministers._ The object of the appointment is defined by the wor...
(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...
וַ יִּתֵּ֞ן לִ פְנֵ֨י אֲרֹ֧ון יְהוָ֛ה מִן
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...
_Appointed, as a prophet, (Haydock) or by dispensation. The high priest has supreme spiritual power, Deuteronomy xvii. 18., &c. (Worthington)_...
Probably, in consequence of the breach of Uzzah, the king thought it right that the Levites should never more be out of the path of duty, and therefore made a revisal of their office....
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...
AND HE APPOINTED CERTAIN OF THE LEVITES TO MINISTER BEFORE THE ARK OF THE LORD,.... By singing the praises of God: AND TO RECORD; or bring to remembrance; to commemorate in a song the great and good...
And he appointed [certain] of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: Ver. 4. _And to record._] Or, To declare and publish....
_To record, and to thank and praise the Lord_, &c. To rehearse and declare unto the people the wonderful works God had done for Israel, and to give him thanks for them, and to extol his almighty goodn...
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...
And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, thereby instituting divine service in Jerusalem, AND TO RECORD, literally, "to bring to remembrance," to pray at the mea...
THE OFFERINGS AND GIFTS...
1-6 Though God's word and ordinances may be clouded and eclipsed for a time, they shall shine out of obscurity. This was but a tent, a humble dwelling, yet this was the tabernacle which David, in his...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Chronicles 16:4 appointed H5414 (H8799) Levites H3881 minister H8334 (H8764) before H6440 ark H727 LORD H3068
RECORD See titles of Psalms 38 and 70....
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...
_And to record._ THE RECORDERS These recorders were to take notes of what God had done; they were to be the chroniclers of the nation, and out of their chronicles they were to compose the psalms and...
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 16:4 David establishes a daily worship ministry by the Levites before the ark (vv. 1 Chronicles 16:6,...
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...
1 Chronicles 15:16; 1 Chronicles 16:37; 1 Chronicles 16:8; 1 Chronicles 23:2;...
To thank, and praise — All our rejoicings should express themselves in thanksgivings to him, from whom all our comforts are received....