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Passage 1 Chronicles 16 :

1 Chronicles 16

The Ark Placed in a Tent

¹And they brought in the ark of God and set it inside^(A) the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. ²And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD ³and distributed to all Israel, both men and women, to each a loaf of bread, a portion of meat,^[a] and a cake of raisins.

⁴Then he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel. ⁵^(B) Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals, ⁶and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God. ⁷Then on that day^(C) David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the LORD by Asaph and his brothers.

David’s Song of Thanks

    ⁸^(D) Oh give thanks to the LORD;^(E) call upon his name;
   ^(F) make known his deeds among the peoples!
⁹Sing to him; sing praises to him;
   tell of all his wondrous works!
¹⁰Glory in his holy name;
   let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
¹¹^(G) Seek the LORD and his strength;
   seek his presence continually!
¹²^(H) Remember the wondrous works that he has done,
   ^(I) his miracles and the judgments he uttered,
¹³O offspring of Israel his servant,
   sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!

    ¹⁴He is the LORD our God;
   ^(J) his judgments are in all the earth.
¹⁵Remember his covenant forever,
   the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
¹⁶the covenant^(K) that he made with Abraham,
   his sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁷which^(L) he confirmed as a statute to Jacob,
   as an everlasting covenant to Israel,
¹⁸saying,^(M) "To you I will give the land of Canaan,
   as your portion for an inheritance."

    ¹⁹When you were^(N) few in number,
   and of little account, and^(O) sojourners in it,
²⁰wandering from nation to nation,
   from one kingdom to another people,
²¹he allowed no one to oppress them;
   he^(P) rebuked kings on their account,
²²saying, "Touch not my anointed ones,
   do my^(Q) prophets no harm!"

    ²³^(R) Sing to the LORD, all the earth!
   Tell of his salvation from day to day.
²⁴Declare his glory among the nations,
   his marvelous works among all the peoples!
²⁵For^(S) great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised,
   and he is to be held in awe^(T) above all gods.
²⁶For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
   ^(U) but the LORD made the heavens.
²⁷Splendor and majesty are before him;
   strength and joy are in his place.

    ²⁸Ascribe to the LORD, O clans of the peoples,
   ^(V) ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
²⁹Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
   bring an offering and come before him!
^(W) Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness;^[b]
    ³⁰tremble before him, all the earth;
   yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
³¹^(X) Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice,
   and let them say among the nations,^(Y) "The LORD reigns!"
³²^(Z) Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
   let the field exult, and everything in it!
³³Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy
   before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.
³⁴Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
   for his steadfast love endures forever!

    ³⁵^(AA) Say also:

   "Save us, O God of our salvation,
   and gather and deliver us from among the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name,
   and glory in your praise.
³⁶^(AB) Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,
   from everlasting to everlasting!"

^(AC) Then all the people said, "Amen!" and praised the LORD.

Worship Before the Ark

³⁷So David left Asaph and his brothers there^(AD) before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister regularly before the ark^(AE) as each day required, ³⁸and also^(AF) Obed-edom and his^[c] sixty-eight brothers, while^(AG) Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers. ³⁹And he left^(AH) Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the LORD^(AI) in the high place that was at Gibeon ⁴⁰to offer burnt offerings to the LORD^(AJ) on the altar of burnt offering^(AK) regularly morning and evening, to do all that is written in the Law of the LORD that he commanded Israel. ⁴¹With them were^(AL) Heman and Jeduthun^(AM) and the rest of those chosen and^(AN) expressly named to give thanks to the LORD,^(AO) for his steadfast love endures forever. ⁴²Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments^(AP) for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.