1 Chronicles 16:6

Truly, the priests, Benaiah and Jahaziel, were to sound the trumpet continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

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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 was the leader, and second to him was Zechariah. In addition, there were Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom. And Jeiel was over the instruments of the psaltery and the harps. But Asaph sounded out with the cymbals.

7In that day, David made Asaph the leader, in order to confess to the Lord with his brothers:

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Cross References

Numbers 10:8Now it is the sons of Aaron the priest who shall sound the trumpets. And this shall be an everlasting ordinance, in your generations.

2 Chronicles 5:12with both the Levites and the singing men, that is, those who were under Asaph, and those who were under Heman, and those who were under Jeduthun, with their sons and brothers, clothed in fine linen, sounded out with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, standing toward the eastern side of the altar. And with them were one hundred twenty priests, sounding out with trumpets.

2 Chronicles 29:26And the Levites stood, holding the musical instruments of David, and the priests held the trumpets.

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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