1 Chronicles 16:6

And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, blowing horns all the time before the ark of the agreement of God.

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In The King James Version

Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

In Context

5Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Uzziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel, with corded instruments of music; and Asaph, with brass instruments sounding loudly;

7Then on that day David first made the giving of praise to the Lord the work of Asaph and his brothers.

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Cross References

Numbers 10:8The horns are to be sounded by the sons of Aaron, the priests; this is to be a law for you for ever, from generation to generation.

2 Chronicles 5:12And the Levites who made the music, all of them, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and brothers, robed in fair linen, were in their places with their brass and corded instruments at the east side of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing horns;)

2 Chronicles 29:26So the Levites took their places with David's instruments, and the priests with their horns.

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 →

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