1 Chronicles 15:16

Contextual Overview

¹ David now built several buildings for himself in the City of David. He also prepared a place for the Ark of God and set up a special tent for it. ¹ And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. ¹ And [David] made houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it. ¹ David built houses for himself in Jerusalem. Then he prepared a place for the Ark of God, and he set up a tent for it. ¹ David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. ¹ And [David] made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. ¹ [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. ¹David built houses for himself in the City of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. ¹ David built houses for himself in the city of David. And he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. ¹ And he made to hym housis in the citee of Dauid, and he bildide `a place to the arke of the Lord, and araiede a tabernacle to it.

Bible Verse Review
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And David: 2 Chronicles 30:12, Ezra 7:24-28, Isaiah 49:23

chief: 1 Chronicles 15:12, Acts 14:23, 1 Timothy 3:1-15, 2 Timothy 2:2, Titus 1:5

the singers: 1 Chronicles 15:27, 1 Chronicles 15:28, 1 Chronicles 6:31-38, 1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 16:42, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 25:1-6, 2 Chronicles 29:28-30, Nehemiah 12:36, Nehemiah 12:46, Psalms 87:7, Psalms 149:3, Psalms 150:3, Psalms 150:4

lifting up: 2 Chronicles 5:13, Ezra 3:10, Ezra 3:11, Nehemiah 12:43, Psalms 81:1, Psalms 92:1-3, Psalms 95:1, Psalms 100:1, Jeremiah 33:11

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 6:15 - with shouting 1 Chronicles 9:33 - the singers 1 Chronicles 15:19 - General 1 Chronicles 15:22 - song 1 Chronicles 16:5 - Asaph 2 Chronicles 5:12 - the Levites 2 Chronicles 7:6 - the Levites 2 Chronicles 8:14 - the Levites 2 Chronicles 20:19 - Levites 2 Chronicles 23:13 - the singers 2 Chronicles 29:25 - And he set 2 Chronicles 34:12 - all Nehemiah 12:27 - thanksgivings Psalms 33:2 - Praise Psalms 68:24 - even Psalms 92:3 - instrument Psalms 98:5 - General Psalms 150:5 - the loud cymbals Daniel 3:10 - the cornet

Cross-References

Genesis 15:5
And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."

Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your seed be.

Genesis 15:5
Then God led Abram outside and said, "Look at the sky. There are so many stars you cannot count them. Your descendants also will be too many to count."

Genesis 15:5
The Lord took him outside and said, "Gaze into the sky and count the stars—if you are able to count them!" Then he said to him, "So will your descendants be."

Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou art able to number them: and he said to him, So shall thy seed be.

Genesis 15:5
Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."

Genesis 15:5
And the LORD brought Abram outside [his tent into the night] and said, "Look now toward the heavens and count the stars—if you are able to count them." Then He said to him, "So [numerous] shall your descendants be."

Genesis 15:5
And the Lord ledde out Abram, and seide to hym, Biholde thou heuene, and noumbre thou sterris, if thou maist. And the Lord seide to Abram, So thi seed schal be.

Genesis 15:5
and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.'

Genesis 15:5
And the LORD took him outside and said, "Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able." Then He declared, "So shall your offspring be."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David spake to the chief of the Levites,.... The six before mentioned, 1 Chronicles 15:11

to appoint their brethren to be the singers; before the ark, as they brought it up:

with instruments of music, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals; which were used in those times, see 2 Samuel 6:5

sounding by lifting up the voice with joy; the instrumental music was to be attended with vocal music, and that very sonorous and loud, and performed with all tokens of inward joy and gladness, as the occasion required.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The singers - Singing had long been recognized as appropriate to religious ceremonies Exodus 15:21; Jdg 5:1; 1 Chronicles 13:8; but this is the first occasion on which we find the duty of conducting musical services expressly laid on the Levites. Henceforth, the services of the tabernacle and the temple were regularly choral, and a considerable section of the Levites was trained in musical knowledge, and set apart to conduct this portion of the national worship.