1 Chronicles 16:31

Contextual Overview

⁷ On that day David gave to Asaph and his fellow Levites this song of thanksgiving to the Lord : ⁷ Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto the LORD, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren. ⁷ Then on that day David first appointed to give thanks to Yahweh, by the hand of Asaph and his brothers. ⁷ That day David first gave Asaph and his relatives the job of singing praises to the Lord . ⁷ That day David first gave to Asaph and his colleagues this song of thanks to the Lord : ⁷ Then on that day David delivered first [this psalm] to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. ⁷ Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to Yahweh, by the hand of Asaph and his brothers. ⁷Then on that day David first entrusted to Asaph and his relatives to give thanks to the LORD [as their chief task]. ⁷ Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the Lord by Asaph and his brothers. ⁷ In that dai Dauid made Asaph prince, and hise britheren, for to knowleche `to the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Let the heavens: Psalms 19:1, Psalms 89:5, Psalms 148:1-4, Luke 2:13, Luke 2:14, Luke 15:10

let the earth: Psalms 97:1, Psalms 98:4, Luke 2:10

The Lord: Psalms 93:1, Psalms 93:2, Psalms 96:10, Psalms 99:1, Psalms 145:1, Isaiah 33:22, Matthew 6:13, Revelation 19:6

Reciprocal: Psalms 47:8 - reigneth Philippians 3:1 - rejoice

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This passage is interposed by the writer of Chronicles between two sentences of the parallel passage in Samuel. It contains a detailed account of the service which David instituted at this time, a service out of which grew the more elaborate service of the temple. The language of much of the passage is remarkably archaic, and there can be no reasonable doubt that it is in the main an extract from a record of the time of David.

1 Chronicles 16:5

The occurrence of the name “Jeiel” twice in this list is considered suspicious. Hence, the first “Jeiel” is thought to be a corrupt reading for “Aziel” 1 Chronicles 15:20, or “Jaaziel” 1 Chronicles 15:18.

1 Chronicles 16:8

The Psalm here put before us by the Chronicler, as sung liturgically by Asaph and his brethren on the day of the ark’s entrance into Jerusalem, accords closely with the passages in the present Book of Psalms noted in the marg reff.

It is, apparently, a thanksgiving service composed for the occasion out of Psalms previously existing.

1 Chronicles 16:39

This is the first mention that we have of Gibeon as the place at which the tabernacle of the congregation now rested. Previously it had been at Nob 1 Samuel 21:1-6, from where it was removed probably at the time of the slaughter of the priests by Doeg 1 Samuel 22:18-19. It is uncertain whether Gibeon was regarded as a “high place” before the transfer to it of the tabernacle: hut thenceforth, until the completion of Solomon’s Temple, it was the “great high place” 1 Kings 3:4 - a second center of the national worship which for above 50 years was divided between Gibeon and Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 16:40

Upon the altar of the burnt offering - The original altar of burnt-offering Exodus 27:1-8 continued at Gibeon with the tabernacle 2 Chronicles 1:3, 2 Chronicles 1:5. David must have erected a new altar for sacrifice at Jerusalem 1 Chronicles 16:1. The sacrifices commanded by the Law were, it appears, offered at the former place; at the latter were offered voluntary additional sacrifices.

1 Chronicles 16:41

The rest ... - Rather, “the rest of the chosen ones, who were mentioned by name.” The “chosen ones” were “mentioned by name” in 1 Chronicles 15:17-24. A portion of them, namely, those named in 1 Chronicles 16:5-6, conducted the service in Jerusalem; the remainder were employed in the worship at Gibeon.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 31. Let the heavens be glad — "Let the supreme angels be glad, and the inhabitants of the earth rejoice." - T. In this place the Targumist uses the Greek word αγγελοι, angels, in Hebrew letters thus, אנגלי angeley.