1 Chronicles 16:2
And when David had come to an end of making the burned offerings and peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord.
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Genesis 14:19And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:
Genesis 47:7Then Joseph made his father Jacob come before Pharaoh, and Jacob gave him his blessing.
Leviticus 1:3If the offering is a burned offering of the herd, let him give a male without a mark: he is to give it at the door of the Tent of meeting so that he may be pleasing to the Lord.
Joshua 22:6Then Joshua gave them his blessing and sent them away: and they went back to their tents.
1 Kings 8:55And, getting on his feet, he gave a blessing to all the men of Israel, saying with a loud voice,
2 Chronicles 30:18For a great number of the people from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not made themselves clean, but they took the Passover meal, though not in the right way. For Hezekiah had made prayer for them, saying, May the good Lord have mercy on everyone
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 16:2-7
The Settlement of the Ark. ( b. c. 1045.) 1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. 2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord . 3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. 4 And he appointed certain of the… Read the whole commentary →