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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Chronicles 16 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_chronicles/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_chronicles/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > 1 Chronicles 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_chronicles/15.htm" title="1 Chronicles 15">◄</a> 1 Chronicles 16 <a href="../1_chronicles/17.htm" title="1 Chronicles 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap">1They put the sacred chest inside the tent that David had set up for it, then they offered sacrifices to please the Lord<a href="#fn" id="link_1Chr.16.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and sacrifices to ask his blessing.<a href="#fn" id="link_1Chr.16.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 2After David had finished, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord 3and gave every person in the crowd a small loaf of bread, some meat, and a handful of raisins.4David appointed some of the Levites to serve at the sacred chest; they were to play music and sing praises to the Lord God of Israel. 5Asaph was their leader, and Zechariah was his assistant. Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and another man named Jeiel were appointed to play small harps and stringed instruments. Asaph himself played the cymbals, 6and the two priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets every day in front of the sacred chest.<h3 class="s1">David's Song of Praise</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="PSA 105:1-15">Psalms 105.1-15</ref>; <ref loc="PSA 96:1-13">96.1-13</ref>; <ref loc="PSA 106:1">106.1</ref>,<ref loc="PSA 106:47">47</ref>,<ref loc="PSA 106:48">48</ref>)</h5>7That same day, David instructed Asaph and his relatives for the first time to sing these praises to the Lord:8Praise the Lordand pray in his name!Tell everyonewhat he has done.9Sing praises to the Lord!Tell about his miracles.10Celebrate and worshiphis holy namewith all your heart.11Trust the Lordand his mighty power.Worship him always.12Remember his miraclesand all his wondersand his fair decisions.13You belong to the familyof Israel, his servant;you are his chosen ones,the descendants of Jacob.14The Lord is our God,bringing justiceeverywhere on earth.15We must never forgethis agreement and his promises,not in thousands of years.* 16<a href="#fn" id="link_1Chr.16.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> God made an eternal promise17to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob18when he said, “I'll give youthe land of Canaan.”19At the time there wereonly a few of us,and we were homeless.20We wandered from nationto nation, from one countryto another.21<a href="#fn" id="link_1Chr.16.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> God did not let anyonemistreat our people.Instead he protected usby punishing rulers22and telling them,“Don't touch my chosen leadersor harm my prophets!”23Everyone on this earth,sing praises to the Lord.Day after day announce,“The Lord has saved us!”24Tell every nation on earth,“The Lord is wonderfuland does marvelous things!25The Lord is great and deservesour greatest praise!He is the only Godworthy of our worship.26Other nations worship idols,but the Lord createdthe heavens.27Give honor and praiseto the Lord,whose power and beautyfill his holy temple.”28Tell everyone of every nation,“Praise the glorious powerof the Lord.29He is wonderful! Praise himand bring an offeringinto his temple.Worship the Lord,majestic and holy.30Everyone on earth, now tremble!”The world stands firm,never to be shaken.31Tell the heavens and the earthto be glad and celebrate!And announce to the nations,“The Lord is King!”32Command the ocean to roarwith all of its creaturesand the fields to rejoicewith all of their crops.33Then every tree in the forestwill sing joyful songsto the Lord.He is coming to judgeall people on earth.34<a href="#fn" id="link_1Chr.16.34!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Praise the Lordbecause he is good to us,and his love never fails.35Say to him, “Save us, Lord God!Bring us backfrom among the nations.Let us celebrate and shoutin praise of your holy name.36Lord God of Israel,you deserve to be praisedforever and ever.”After David finished, the people shouted, “Amen! Praise the Lord!”<h3 class="s1">David Appoints Worship Leaders at Jerusalem and Gibeon</h3>37David chose Asaph and the Levites in his clan to be in charge of the daily worship at the place where the sacred chest was kept. 38Obed-Edom and 68 of his relatives were their assistants, and Hosah and Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun were the guards.39David also chose Zadok the priest and his relatives who were priests to serve at the Lord's sacred tent at Gibeon. 40They were to offer sacrifices on the altar every morning and evening, just as the Lord had commanded in the Law he gave Israel. 41<a href="#fn" id="link_1Chr.16.41!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Heman and Jeduthun were their assistants, as well as the other men who had been chosen to praise the Lord for his never-ending love. 42Heman and Jeduthun were also responsible for blowing the trumpets, and for playing the cymbals and other instruments during worship at the tent. The Levites in Jeduthun's clan were the guards at Gibeon.43<a href="#fn" id="link_1Chr.16.43!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> After that, everyone went home, and David went home to his family.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sacrifices to please the <char style="nd">Lord</char>: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">These sacrifices have traditionally been called “whole burnt offerings” because the whole animal was burned on the altar. A main purpose of such sacrifices was to please the <char style="nd">Lord</char> with the smell of the sacrifice, and so in the CEV they are often called “sacrifices to please the <char style="nd">Lord</char>.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sacrifices to ask his blessing: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">These sacrifices have traditionally been called “peace offerings” or “offerings of well-being.” A main purpose was to ask for the <char style="nd">Lord</char>'s blessing, and so in the CEV they are sometimes called “sacrifices to ask the <char style="nd">Lord</char>'s blessing.”</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. All rights reserved. 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