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singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. <a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals. <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/15.htm">King James Bible</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="/nkjv/1_chronicles/15.htm">New King James Version</a> Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy. <a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives as the singers, with musical instruments, harps, lyres, and cymbals, playing to raise sounds of joy. <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. <a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. <a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then David said to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise a sound of gladness. <a href="/amp/1_chronicles/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then David told the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives as the singers, with instruments of music—harps, lyres, and cymbals—to play loudly and to raise sounds of joy [with their voices]. <a href="/csb/1_chronicles/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers and to have them raise their voices with joy accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals. <a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers and to have them raise their voices with joy accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals. <a href="/asv/1_chronicles/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. <a href="/cev/1_chronicles/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> David then told the leaders to choose some Levites to sing and play music on small harps, other stringed instruments, and cymbals. <a href="/erv/1_chronicles/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. <a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> David told the Levite leaders to appoint some of their relatives to serve as musicians. They were expected to play music on harps, lyres, and cymbals to produce joyful music for singing. <a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/15.htm">Good News Translation</a> David commanded the leaders of the Levites to assign various Levites to sing and to play joyful music on harps and cymbals. <a href="/isv/1_chronicles/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> David also told the leaders of the descendants of Levi to appoint their relatives as singers, to play musical instruments such as harps, lyres, and cymbals, and to keep sounding aloud with joyful voices. <a href="/msb/1_chronicles/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments?harps, lyres, and cymbals. <a href="/net/1_chronicles/15.htm">NET Bible</a> David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully. <a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, stringed instruments and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. <a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. <a href="/web/1_chronicles/15.htm">World English Bible</a> David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And David says to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, to lift up with the voice for joy. <a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And David saith to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, to lift up with the voice for joy. <a href="/slt/1_chronicles/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And David will say to the chiefs of the Levites to cause their brethren to stand singing with every instrument of song, lyres and harps, and cymbals, causing to hear to lift up with the voice for joy.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites, to appoint some of their brethren to be singers with musical instruments, to wit, on psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, that the joyful noise might resound on high. <a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And David spoke to the leaders of the Levites, so that they might appoint, from their brothers, singers with musical instruments, specifically, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, so that a joyful noise might resound on high. <a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/15.htm">New American Bible</a> David commanded the commanders of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers and to play on musical instruments, harps, lyres, and cymbals, to make a loud sound of rejoicing. <a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their kindred as the singers to play on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise loud sounds of joy.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And David spoke to the elders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding by raising up their voices in joy. <a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And David told the Elders of Levi to appoint their brothers, those who minister and sing with instruments of songs, with tambourines, and with harps, and with cymbals, that they would be heard lifting up their voices with joy.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. <a href="/sep/1_chronicles/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And David said to the chiefs of the Levites, Set your brethren the singers with musical instruments, lutes, harps, and cymbals, to sound aloud with a voice of joy. <a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/15-16.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=4438" 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/15.htm">The Priests and Levites Carry the Ark</a> …15And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD. 16<a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wîḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David also</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">told</a> <a href="/hebrew/8269.htm" title="8269: lə·śā·rê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince. From sarar; a head person.">the leaders</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.">of the Levites</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: lə·ha·‘ă·mîḏ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">to appoint</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: ’ă·ḥê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">their relatives</a> <a href="/hebrew/7891.htm" title="7891: ham·šō·rə·rîm (Art:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- To sing. Or shuwr; a primitive root; to sing.">as singers</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: lə·hā·rîm- (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">to lift up</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: bə·qō·wl (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">their voices</a> <a href="/hebrew/8057.htm" title="8057: lə·śim·ḥāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Joy, gladness, mirth. From sameach; blithesomeness or glee.">with joy,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7892.htm" title="7892: šîr (N-ms) -- A song, singing. Or feminine shiyrah; from shiyr; a song; abstractly, singing.">accompanied by musical</a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: biḵ·lê- (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">instruments—</a> <a href="/hebrew/5035.htm" title="5035: nə·ḇā·lîm (N-mp) -- A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre. Or nebel; from nabel; a skin-bag for liquids; hence, a vase; also a lyre.">harps,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3658.htm" title="3658: wə·ḵin·nō·rō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- A lyre. From a unused root meaning to twang; a harp.">lyres,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4700.htm" title="4700: ū·mə·ṣil·tā·yim (Conj-w:: N-cd) -- Cymbals. From tsalal; double tinklers, i.e. Cymbals.">and cymbals.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: maš·mî·‘îm (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently."></a> 17So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;…<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="/2_samuel/6-5.htm">2 Samuel 6:5</a> David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals. <a href="/psalms/150-3.htm">Psalm 150:3-5</a> Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. / Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. / Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">1 Chronicles 13:8</a> David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. <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="/psalms/81-1.htm">Psalm 81:1-2</a> For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. / Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. <a href="/psalms/98-4.htm">Psalm 98:4-6</a> Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises! / Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp. / With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-25.htm">2 Chronicles 29:25-28</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/12-27.htm">Nehemiah 12:27</a> At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres. <a href="/psalms/47-5.htm">Psalm 47:5-7</a> God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn. / Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises! / For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise. <a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Psalm 68:25</a> The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines. <a href="/psalms/149-3.htm">Psalm 149:3</a> Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp. <a href="/ephesians/5-19.htm">Ephesians 5:19</a> Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord, <a href="/colossians/3-16.htm">Colossians 3:16</a> Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. <a href="/revelation/5-8.htm">Revelation 5:8-9</a> When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. / And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. <a href="/revelation/14-2.htm">Revelation 14:2-3</a> And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps. / And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.And David<a href="/2_chronicles/30-12.htm">2 Chronicles 30:12</a> Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.<a href="/ezra/7-24.htm">Ezra 7:24-28</a> Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them… <a href="/isaiah/49-23.htm">Isaiah 49:23</a> And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.chief<a href="/1_chronicles/15-12.htm">1 Chronicles 15:12</a> And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.<a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Acts 14:23</a> And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.<a href="/1_timothy/3-1.htm">1 Timothy 3:1-15</a> This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work… the singers<a href="/1_chronicles/15-27.htm">1 Chronicles 15:27,28</a> And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen… <a href="/1_chronicles/6-31.htm">1 Chronicles 6:31-38</a> And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest… <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">1 Chronicles 13:8</a> And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.lifting up<a href="/2_chronicles/5-13.htm">2 Chronicles 5:13</a> It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;<a href="/ezra/3-10.htm">Ezra 3:10,11</a> And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel… <a href="/nehemiah/12-43.htm">Nehemiah 12:43</a> Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/18-28.htm">Aloud</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-7.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-12.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-32.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-15.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-5.htm">Corded</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">Cymbals</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-11.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-20.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">Harps</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-12.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-40.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-7.htm">Joyful</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-15.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-28.htm">Loud-Sounding</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">Making</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">Music</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-10.htm">Music-Makers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-12.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-12.htm">Play</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-2.htm">Position</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">Psalteries</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-7.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-12.htm">Relatives</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-33.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-33.htm">Singers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">Song</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-15.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-34.htm">Sounding</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-12.htm">Sounds</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">Stringed</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-22.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-36.htm">Voices</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/15-19.htm">Aloud</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-17.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-19.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-22.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/18-17.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-15.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-21.htm">Corded</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-19.htm">Cymbals</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-25.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-10.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-20.htm">Harps</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-25.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-19.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-25.htm">Joy</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-10.htm">Joyful</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-17.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-28.htm">Loud-Sounding</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-28.htm">Making</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-22.htm">Music</a> <a href="/ezra/2-41.htm">Music-Makers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-18.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-20.htm">Play</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-19.htm">Position</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-20.htm">Psalteries</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-11.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-17.htm">Relatives</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-9.htm">Sing</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-19.htm">Singers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-21.htm">Song</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-19.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-19.htm">Sounding</a> <a href="/job/6-5.htm">Sounds</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-20.htm">Stringed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-9.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/job/2-12.htm">Voices</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 15</div>1. <a href="/1_chronicles/15-1.htm">David having prepared a place for the ark,</a> 15. <a href="/1_chronicles/15-15.htm">the priests and Levites bring it from Obed-Edom</a> 25. <a href="/1_chronicles/15-25.htm">He performs the solemnity thereof with great joy</a> 29. <a href="/1_chronicles/15-29.htm">Michal despises him</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'; 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The Levites were the tribe set apart for religious duties, and their leaders were responsible for overseeing the worship in the tabernacle. This reflects the importance of order and structure in worship, as seen in other parts of the Old Testament, such as the detailed instructions for the tabernacle in Exodus.to appoint their relatives as singers The Levites were to appoint their own relatives, emphasizing the hereditary nature of their role in worship. This practice ensured that those involved in worship were familiar with the traditions and responsibilities. It also highlights the communal and familial aspect of worship in Israel, where worship was a shared responsibility among the Levites.to lift up their voices with joy Worship in Israel was not just a duty but a joyful expression of praise to God. The emphasis on joy reflects the attitude that God desires from His people, as seen in Psalms, where worship is often described as a joyful noise. This joy in worship is a theme that runs throughout the Bible, pointing to the ultimate joy found in Christ.accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals The use of musical instruments in worship was an integral part of Israel's worship practices. Harps, lyres, and cymbals were common instruments in ancient Israel, used to enhance the worship experience. This practice is seen throughout the Psalms and was a precursor to the use of music in Christian worship. The variety of instruments suggests a richness and diversity in worship, pointing to the creativity and beauty that God values.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The King of Israel who is orchestrating the return of the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. He is a central figure in the establishment of worship practices in Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a> A tribe in Israel set apart for religious duties, particularly those related to the temple and worship. They are responsible for the music and singing in this context. 3. <a href="/topical/s/singers.htm">Singers</a> Appointed by the Levites, these individuals are tasked with leading worship through song, emphasizing the importance of music in worship. 4. <a href="/topical/m/musical_instruments.htm">Musical Instruments</a> Harps, lyres, and cymbals are specified, highlighting the use of diverse instruments in worship to express joy and reverence. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city where the Ark is being brought, symbolizing the central place of worship and the presence of God among His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_music_in_worship.htm">The Role of Music in Worship</a> Music is a vital component of worship, used to express joy and reverence for God. It is a means to lift our voices and hearts in praise. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_in_worship.htm">Leadership in Worship</a> Just as David appointed leaders to organize worship, church leaders today have a responsibility to facilitate and guide worship in a way that honors God. <a href="/topical/j/joyful_worship.htm">Joyful Worship</a> Worship should be characterized by joy. The use of music and singing is a way to express the joy of the Lord in our lives. <a href="/topical/d/diversity_in_worship.htm">Diversity in Worship</a> The inclusion of various instruments suggests that worship can be diverse and creative, reflecting the multifaceted nature of God's creation. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_worship.htm">Preparation for Worship</a> Just as the Levites prepared for worship, believers should prepare their hearts and minds to enter into God's presence with reverence and joy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 15</a> <a href="/q/what_does_a_worship_leader_do.htm">What does a worship leader do?</a> <a href="/q/is_1_chronicles_16_37-42_historical_or_idealized.htm">Did David’s elaborate worship in 1 Chronicles 16:37–42 actually occur, or is it an idealized account with no historical basis?</a> <a href="/q/play_drum_for_newborn_king.htm">Can I play my drum for the newborn king?</a> <a href="/q/is_psalm_32_truly_by_david_any_proof.htm">How do we know Psalm 32 is genuinely attributed to David, and is there any archaeological or historical proof for this claim?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) David spake to the chief.--Ordered the chiefs (s?rim).To appoint their brethren to be the singers.--To station or assign places to their clansmen, the minstrels.Psalteries and harps.--Harps and lutes, or guitars (n?b?lim and kinnoroth).Sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.--So far as grammar goes, the participle sounding (Heb., causing to hear--i.e., making a loud noise) might refer to the musicians, or to all the instruments mentioned, or to the last kind (the cymbals) only. The third reference is the best, because of the special sense of the verb. (Comp. <a href="/1_chronicles/15-19.htm" title="So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;">1Chronicles 15:19</a> and <a href="/psalms/150-5.htm" title="Praise him on the loud cymbals: praise him on the high sounding cymbals.">Psalm 150:5</a> : "loud cymbals," i.e., cymbals of sound or hearing.) Translate: "harps and lutes and clashing cymbals, in order to swell the sound for gladness:" that is, to express and enhance the rejoicing. (Comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/5-13.htm" title="It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;">2Chronicles 5:13</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 16, 17. - To appoint their brethren to be the singers. This was the first step towards what we have already read in <a href="/1_chronicles/6-31.htm">1 Chronicles 6:31-39, 44</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/9-33.htm">1 Chronicles 9:33, 34</a> (where see notes). <a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>David also דָּוִיד֮ (dā·wîḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse told וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say the leaders לְשָׂרֵ֣י (lə·śā·rê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8269.htm">Strong's 8269: </a> Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince of the Levites הַלְוִיִּם֒ (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> Levites -- descendant of Levi to appoint לְהַֽעֲמִ֗יד (lə·ha·‘ă·mîḏ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> To stand, in various relations their relatives אֲחֵיהֶם֙ (’ă·ḥê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> A brother, ) as singers הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים (ham·šō·rə·rîm) Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7891.htm">Strong's 7891: </a> To sing to raise לְהָרִֽים־ (lə·hā·rîm-) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> To be high actively, to rise, raise their voices בְּק֖וֹל (bə·qō·wl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound with joy, לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ (lə·śim·ḥāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8057.htm">Strong's 8057: </a> Blithesomeness, glee accompanied by musical שִׁ֛יר (šîr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7892.htm">Strong's 7892: </a> A song, singing instruments— בִּכְלֵי־ (biḵ·lê-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> Something prepared, any apparatus harps, נְבָלִ֥ים (nə·ḇā·lîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5035.htm">Strong's 5035: </a> A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre lyres, וְכִנֹּר֖וֹת (wə·ḵin·nō·rō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3658.htm">Strong's 3658: </a> A harp and cymbals. וּמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם (ū·mə·ṣil·tā·yim) Conjunctive waw | Noun - cd <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4700.htm">Strong's 4700: </a> Double tinklers, cymbals <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 15:16 David spoke to the chief (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 15:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 15:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 15:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 15:17" /></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>