1 Chronicles 16:4
And he appointed before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Levites to minister and lift up the voice, and to give thanks and praise the Lord God of Israel:
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Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between you and your seed after you, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be your God, and the God of your seed after you.
Genesis 33:20And he set up there an altar, and called on the God of Israel.
1 Kings 8:15and he said, Blessed be the Lord God + 8:15 Gr. in Israel. Hebraism. of Israel today, who spoke by his mouth concerning David my father, and has fulfilled it with his hands, saying,
1 Chronicles 16:8Song. Give thanks to the Lord, call upon him by his name, make known his designs among the people.
1 Chronicles 23:2And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
1 Chronicles 23:27For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites taken from twenty years old and upward.
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 →