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Bible</a> David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel. <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/16.htm">King James Bible</a> And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: <a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/16.htm">New King James Version</a> And he appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to commemorate, to thank, and to praise the LORD God of Israel: <a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/16.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> He appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/16.htm">NASB 1995</a> He appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, even to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: <a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/16.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, even to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: <a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/16.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And he made some of the Levites ministers before the ark of Yahweh, even to bring remembrance and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel: <a href="/amp/1_chronicles/16.htm">Amplified Bible</a> He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD and to profess [God’s name] and to thank and praise the LORD, the God of Israel: <a href="/csb/1_chronicles/16.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> David appointed some of the Levites to be ministers before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate the LORD God of Israel, and to give thanks and praise to him. <a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/16.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> David appointed some of the Levites to be ministers before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate the LORD God of Israel, and to give thanks and praise to Him. <a href="/asv/1_chronicles/16.htm">American Standard Version</a> And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel: <a href="/cev/1_chronicles/16.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> David 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. <a href="/erv/1_chronicles/16.htm">English Revised Version</a> And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD, the God of Israel: <a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/16.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> David appointed some Levites to serve in front of the LORD's ark by offering prayers, thanks, and praise to the LORD God of Israel. <a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/16.htm">Good News Translation</a> David appointed some of the Levites to lead the worship of the LORD, the God of Israel, in front of the Covenant Box, by singing and praising him. <a href="/isv/1_chronicles/16.htm">International Standard Version</a> In the presence of the ark of the LORD, he appointed some of the descendants of Levi to minister continually by remembering, giving thanks, and praising the LORD God of Israel. <a href="/msb/1_chronicles/16.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel. <a href="/net/1_chronicles/16.htm">NET Bible</a> He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the LORD, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the LORD God of Israel. <a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/16.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD, the God of Israel: <a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/16.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: <a href="/web/1_chronicles/16.htm">World English Bible</a> He appointed some of the Levites to minister before Yahweh’s ark, and to commemorate, to thank, and to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel: <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/16.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And he puts before the Ark of YHWH, those ministering from the Levites, even to make mention of, and to thank, and to give praise to YHWH, God of Israel: <a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/16.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And he putteth before the ark of Jehovah, of the Levites, ministers, even to make mention of, and to thank, and to give praise to Jehovah, God of Israel, <a href="/slt/1_chronicles/16.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he will give before the ark of Jehovah from the Levites serving, and for keeping in remembrance, and to confess and to praise to Jehovah God of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/16.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he appointed Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to remember his works, and to glorify, and praise the Lord God of Israel. <a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/16.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he appointed some from the Levites who would minister before the ark of the Lord, and commemorate his works, and glorify and praise the Lord, the God of Israel. <a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/16.htm">New American Bible</a> He then appointed certain Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, thank, and praise the LORD, the God of Israel. <a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/16.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He appointed certain of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/16.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD and to invoke and to thank and to praise the LORD God of Israel: <a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/16.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he gave before the Levites who serve before LORD JEHOVAH, also they commemorate and give thanks and glorify LORD JEHOVAH God of Israel.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/16.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD, the God of Israel: <a href="/sep/1_chronicles/16.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> 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: <a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=4628" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/16.htm">A Tent for the Ark</a> …3Then he distributed to every man and woman of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. 4<a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tên (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">David appointed</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">some of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·wî·yim (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">the Levites</a> <a href="/hebrew/8334.htm" title="8334: mə·šā·rə·ṯîm (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- To minister, serve. A primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to.">to minister</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/727.htm" title="727: ’ă·rō·wn (N-csc) -- A chest, ark. Or laron; from 'arah; a box.">the ark</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: ū·lə·haz·kîr (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">to celebrate,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3034.htm" title="3034: ū·lə·hō·w·ḏō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To throw, cast. ">to give thanks,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1984.htm" title="1984: ū·lə·hal·lêl (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To shine.">and to praise</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> 5Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/105-1.htm">Psalm 105:1-5</a> Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. / Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. / Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. ... <a href="/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14-18</a> And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD, / while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn. / As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart. ... <a href="/psalms/96-1.htm">Psalm 96:1-13</a> Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. / Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day. / Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. ... <a href="/psalms/106-1.htm">Psalm 106:1-2</a> Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. / Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise? <a href="/psalms/135-1.htm">Psalm 135:1-3</a> Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD, / who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. / Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely. <a href="/psalms/136-1.htm">Psalm 136:1-3</a> Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever. / Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever. / Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His loving devotion endures forever. <a href="/psalms/145-1.htm">Psalm 145:1-3</a> A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever. / Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever. / Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable. <a href="/2_chronicles/5-12.htm">2 Chronicles 5:12-13</a> all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. / The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud <a href="/2_chronicles/29-25.htm">2 Chronicles 29:25-30</a> Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets. / The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. / And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. ... <a href="/nehemiah/12-24.htm">Nehemiah 12:24</a> The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God. <a href="/exodus/15-1.htm">Exodus 15:1-2</a> Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea. / The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. <a href="/exodus/23-25.htm">Exodus 23:25</a> So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you. <a href="/leviticus/7-12.htm">Leviticus 7:12</a> If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil. <a href="/hebrews/13-15.htm">Hebrews 13:15</a> Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. <a href="/ephesians/5-19.htm">Ephesians 5:19-20</a> Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord, / always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:he appointed<a href="/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16</a> And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.<a href="/1_chronicles/23-2.htm">1 Chronicles 23:2-6</a> And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites… <a href="/1_chronicles/24-3.htm">1 Chronicles 24:3</a> And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.minister<a href="/1_chronicles/16-37.htm">1 Chronicles 16:37-42</a> So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required: … <a href="/1_chronicles/23-27.htm">1 Chronicles 23:27-32</a> For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: … <a href="/numbers/18-1.htm">Numbers 18:1-6</a> And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood… to record<a href="/1_chronicles/16-8.htm">1 Chronicles 16:8</a> Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.<a href="/psalms/37-1.htm">Psalm 37:1</a> A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.<a href="/psalms/70-1.htm">Psalm 70:1</a> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.the Lord God<a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7</a> And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.<a href="/genesis/32-28.htm">Genesis 32:28</a> And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.<a href="/genesis/33-20.htm">Genesis 33:20</a> And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/11-24.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-19.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-1.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-21.htm">Celebrate</a> <a href="/joshua/23-7.htm">Invoke</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-26.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-38.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-18.htm">Mention</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-2.htm">Minister</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-23.htm">Ministers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-40.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-7.htm">Petition</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-9.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-9.htm">Record</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-25.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-24.htm">Service</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-13.htm">Thank</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-50.htm">Thanks</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/16-8.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-7.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-6.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-1.htm">Celebrate</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-1.htm">Invoke</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-13.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-2.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-14.htm">Memory</a> <a href="/job/28-18.htm">Mention</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-37.htm">Minister</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-4.htm">Ministers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-10.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/esther/5-6.htm">Petition</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-7.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-27.htm">Record</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-2.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-37.htm">Service</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-7.htm">Thank</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-7.htm">Thanks</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 16</div>1. <a href="/1_chronicles/16-1.htm">David's festival sacrifice</a> 4. <a href="/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving</a> 7. <a href="/1_chronicles/16-7.htm">The psalm of thanksgiving</a> 37. <a href="/1_chronicles/16-37.htm">He appoints ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend the ark</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/16.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/16.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>David appointed some of the Levites David, as king, took on the role of organizing worship in Israel, emphasizing the importance of proper worship practices. The Levites were chosen because they were set apart for religious duties, as established in the Mosaic Law (<a href="/numbers/3-5.htm">Numbers 3:5-10</a>). This appointment highlights the continuity of worship practices from the time of Moses and Aaron, ensuring that the sacred traditions were maintained.to minister before the ark of the LORD The Ark of the Covenant was the most sacred object in Israel, symbolizing God's presence among His people. Ministering before the Ark involved various duties, including offering sacrifices, singing, and playing instruments. This act of ministering signifies the centrality of God's presence in the life of Israel and the importance of worship in maintaining a relationship with Him.to celebrate Celebration in this context refers to rejoicing in God's presence and His mighty works. It involved music, singing, and possibly dancing, as seen in other parts of Scripture (<a href="/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14</a>). This celebration was not just a ritual but an expression of joy and gratitude for God's faithfulness and blessings.to give thanks Giving thanks was a crucial aspect of Israelite worship, acknowledging God's provision and mercy. This practice is rooted in the Psalms and other parts of the Old Testament, where thanksgiving is a response to God's deliverance and blessings (<a href="/psalms/100-4.htm">Psalm 100:4</a>). It reflects a heart posture of humility and recognition of God's sovereignty.and to praise the LORD Praising the LORD involved extolling His attributes, such as His holiness, power, and love. Praise is a recurring theme throughout the Psalms and is seen as a duty and privilege of God's people. It serves to glorify God and remind the worshippers of His greatness and faithfulness.the God of Israel This phrase emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and Israel. It underscores the unique identity of Israel as God's chosen people and their responsibility to worship Him alone. This covenantal relationship is a central theme throughout the Old Testament and is fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who establishes a new covenant with His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The King of Israel who organized the worship and appointed the Levites for ministering before the Ark of the Covenant. 2. <a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a> A tribe set apart for religious duties, specifically chosen by David to minister, celebrate, thank, and praise God. 3. <a href="/topical/a/ark_of_the_lord.htm">Ark of the LORD</a> The sacred chest representing God's presence, central to Israel's worship. 4. <a href="/topical/m/ministering.htm">Ministering</a> The act of serving or attending to religious duties, particularly in the context of worship. 5. <a href="/topical/c/celebration,_thanksgiving,_and_praise.htm">Celebration, Thanksgiving, and Praise</a> Key elements of worship that David emphasized in the service before the Ark.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_appointed_worship.htm">The Importance of Appointed Worship</a> David's organization of worship shows the importance of structure and intentionality in our worship practices today. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_thanksgiving_and_praise.htm">Role of Thanksgiving and Praise</a> Thanksgiving and praise are not just rituals but essential expressions of our relationship with God, reflecting gratitude and reverence. <a href="/topical/m/ministering_as_service.htm">Ministering as Service</a> The Levites' role reminds us that serving God and others is a form of worship, and we are all called to minister in various capacities. <a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_worship.htm">God's Presence in Worship</a> The Ark symbolized God's presence; similarly, our worship should be centered on acknowledging and experiencing God's presence. <a href="/topical/c/continuity_of_worship_practices.htm">Continuity of Worship Practices</a> The practices established by David have continuity in the New Testament, showing the timeless nature of worship through thanksgiving and praise.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_16.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 16</a> <a href="/q/how_did_asaph_write_psalm_79_posthumously.htm">If Psalm 79 is attributed to Asaph (Psalm 79:1), how could he have written it about events that occurred centuries after his lifetime? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_chanting.htm">What does the Bible say about Christian chanting?</a> <a href="/q/can_nonbelievers_join_a_church_band.htm">Can an unbeliever join a church worship team?</a> <a href="/q/does_psalm_73_12_conflict_with_history.htm">Psalm 73:12 implies the wicked live untroubled lives—does this conflict with historical records of corrupt nations eventually falling apart? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/16.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4-42) THE INSTITUTION OF A MINISTRY FOR THE ARK. THE ODE SUNG ON THE DAY OF INSTITUTION.This entire section is peculiar to the Chronicle. <a href="/1_chronicles/16-43.htm" title="And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.">1Chronicles 16:43</a> is almost identical with <a href="/context/2_samuel/6-19.htm" title="And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.">2Samuel 6:19-20</a>. Compared, then, with the older text, this relation of the chronicler's looks like a parenthesis interpolated from another source into the history, as narrated in <a href="/context/2_samuel/6-12.htm" title="And it was told king David, saying, The LORD has blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.">2Samuel 6:12-20</a>.(4) And he appointed certain of the Levites.--Literally, put, placed (<a href="/genesis/3-12.htm" title="And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.">Genesis 3:12</a>).To minister.--Literally, ministering--i.e., as ministers. The object of the appointment is defined by the words which follow: "both to remind, and to thank, and to praise Jehovah, the God of Israel." Each verb expresses a distinct kind of duty in the service of song. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/16.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 4-7. - These verses contain a statement of the arrangement David made of a more permanent nature, but to date from this commencement, for the service of thanksgiving by the Levites. Verse 4. - To minister; i.e. to officiate, as we should say, in the service before the ark. The verse seems to describe what should be the essence of that service. It was threefold - to record, to thank, and to praise the Lord God of Israel. The word here used for "record" is the Hiph. of זָכַר (to remember), and is remarked upon by Gesenius as a title strictly appropriate to the character of the two psalms Psalms 38 and Psalms 70, on the head of which it stands, as meaning, "to make others remember" (see also such passages as <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/8-16.htm">2 Samuel 8:16</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/18-18.htm">2 Samuel 18:18</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/20-24.htm">2 Samuel 20:24</a>; <a href="/isaiah/43-26.htm">Isaiah 43:26</a>; <a href="/isaiah/63-7.htm">Isaiah 63:7</a>). The minds of the people were to be refreshed in this service and in their very psalm of praise (so note in this sense vers. 8, 9, 12, 21, etc.), by being reminded or told, so far as the youngest of them might be concerned, of God's marvellous and merciful deeds for their forefathers of many, many a generation. Then they were to give intelligent and hearty thanks. And, lastly, they were to offer to approach that purest form of worship which consists in adoring praise. One might imagine with what zest they would have accepted, with what fervour they would have added lip and instrument of music to it - that one verse which needed the revolution yet of nearly another three thousand years, that it might flow from the devotion or' Addison. "When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise." <a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>David appointed וַיִּתֵּ֞ן (way·yit·tên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set some of מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the Levites הַלְוִיִּ֖ם (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> Levites -- descendant of Levi to minister מְשָׁרְתִ֑ים (mə·šā·rə·ṯîm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8334.htm">Strong's 8334: </a> To attend as a, menial, worshipper, to contribute to before לִפְנֵ֨י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face the ark אֲר֧וֹן (’ă·rō·wn) Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_727.htm">Strong's 727: </a> A chest, ark of the LORD, יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel to celebrate, וּלְהַזְכִּיר֙ (ū·lə·haz·kîr) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male to give thanks, וּלְהוֹד֣וֹת (ū·lə·hō·w·ḏō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3034.htm">Strong's 3034: </a> To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan and to praise וּלְהַלֵּ֔ל (ū·lə·hal·lêl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1984.htm">Strong's 1984: </a> To shine the LORD, לַיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹהֵ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 16:4 He appointed certain of the Levites (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 16:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 16:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 16:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 16:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>