1 Chronicles 16:1
And so they took the ark of God, and they set it in the midst of the tabernacle, which David had pitched for it. And they offered holocausts and peace offerings before God.
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2 Samuel 6:17And they led in the ark of the Lord. And they set it in its place in the middle of the tabernacle, which David had pitched for it. And David offered holocausts and peace offerings in the sight of the Lord.
1 Kings 8:5Then king Solomon, and the entire multitude of Israel, who had assembled before him, advanced with him before the ark. And they immolated sheep and oxen, which could not be numbered or estimated.
1 Chronicles 6:16So the sons of Levi were Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 15:3And he gathered all of Israel in Jerusalem, so that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it.
2 Chronicles 1:4For David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim, to the place that he had prepared for it, and where he had pitched a tabernacle for it, that is, in Jerusalem.
Ezra 6:16Then the sons of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the remainder of the sons of the transmigration celebrated the dedication of the house of God with gladness.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 16:1
This chapter concludes that great affair of the settlement of the ark in the royal city, and with it the settlement of the public worship of God during the reign of David. Here is, I. The solemnity with which the ark was fixed, ver. 1-6 . II. The psalm David gave to be sung on this occasion, ver. 7-36 . III. The settling of the stated public worship of God in order thenceforward, ver. 37-43 . Read the whole commentary →