1CH 16

1 Chronicles 16:6

WEB

with Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

BSB

and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

KJV

Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

Matthew Henry

Verses 1–6

1 Chronicles 16:1–6

It was a glorious day when the ark of God was safely lodged in the tent David had pitched for it. That good man had his heart much upon it, could not sleep contentedly till it was done, Psa 132:4, Psa 132:5.

I. The circumstances of the ark were now, 1. Better than what they had been. It had been obscure in a country town, in the fields of the wood; now it was removed to a public place, to the royal city, where all might resort to it. It had been neglected, as a despised broken vessel; now it was attended with veneration, and God was enquired of by it. It had borrowed a room in a private house, which it enjoyed by courtesy; now it had a habitation of its own entirely to itself, was set in the midst of it, and not crowded into a corner. Note, Though God's word and ordinances may be clouded and eclipsed for a time, they shall at length shine out of obscurity. Yet, 2. They were much short of what was intended in the next reign, when the temple was to be built. This was but a tent, a poor mean dwelling; yet this was the tabernacle, the temple which David in his psalms often speaks of with so much affection. David, who pitched a tent for the ark and continued steadfast to it, did far better than Solomon, who built a temple for it and yet in his latter end turned his back upon it. The church's poorest times were its purest.

II. Now David was easy in his mind, the ark was fixed, and fixed near him. Now see how he takes care, 1. That God shall have the glory of it. Two ways he gives him honour upon this occasion: - (1.) By sacrifices (Ch1 16:1), burnt-offerings in adoration of his perfections, peace-offerings in acknowledgment of his favours. (2.) By songs: he appointed Levites to record this story in a song for the benefit of others, or to celebrate it themselves by thanking and praising the God of Israel, Ch1 16:4. All our rejoicings must express themselves in thanksgivings to him from whom all our comforts are received. 2. That the people shall have the joy of it. They shall fare the better for this day's solemnity; for he gives them all what is worth coming for, not only a royal treat in honour of the day (Ch1 16:3), in which David showed himself generous to his subjects, as he had found God gracious to him (those whose hearts are enlarged with holy joy should show it by being open-handed); but (which is far better) he gives them also a blessing in the name of the Lord, as a father, as a prophet, Ch1 16:2. He prayed to God for them, and commended them to his grace. In the name of the Word of the Lord (so the Targum), the essential eternal Word, who is Jehovah, and through whom all blessings come to us.

Cross-references: Ps 132:4 · Ps 132:5 · 1Chr 16:1 · 1Chr 16:4 · 1Chr 16:3 · 1Chr 16:2

Hebrew interlinear

H1141

בְּנָיָהBᵉnâyâh/ben-aw-yaw'/

n-pr-m — Benajah

Derivation: or בּנָיָהוּ; (prolonged) from 1129 and 3050; Jah has built;

Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites

KJV: Benaiah.

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ

n.pr.m — Benaiah

בְּנָיָ֫הוּ, בְּנָיָה n.pr.m. (Yah hath built up)—

1. one of David’s captains and heroes, son of Jehoiada

2. one of David’s thirty

3. a Simeonite

4. Levites

5. Israelites

H3166

יַחֲזִיאֵלYachăzîyʼêl/yakh-az-ee-ale'/

n-pr-m — Jachaziel

Derivation: from 2372 and 410; beheld of God;

Jachaziel, the name of five Israelites

KJV: Jahaziel, Jahziel.

יַחֲזִיאֵל

n.pr.m — Jahaziel

יַחֲזִיאֵל n.pr.m. (Ēl sees)

1. Benjamite warrior of David

2. priest of David

3. a Levite

4. a Levite of the sons of Asaph

5. ancestor of one of the families of the restoration

H3548

כֹּהֵןkôhên/ko-hane'/

n-m — officiating, priest, acting priest

Derivation: active participle of 3547;

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

KJV: chief ruler, × own, priest, prince, principal officer.

כֹּהֵן

n.m — priest

כֹּהֵן 750 n.m. priest

H2689

חֲצֹצְרָהchătsôtsᵉrâh/khats-o-tser-aw'/

n-f — trumpet, sundered

Derivation: by reduplication from 2690;

a trumpet (from its sundered or quavering note)

KJV: trumpet(-er).

חֲצֹצְרָה

n.f — clarion

חֲצֹצְרָה n.f. clarion

1. as secular instr.

2. as sacred instr.

H8548

תָּמִידtâmîyd/taw-meed'/

n-m — continuance, extension, constant, constantly, regular

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to stretch;

properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the regular (daily) sacrifice

KJV: alway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, (n-)ever(-more), perpetual.

תָּמִיד

n.m — continuity

תָּמִיד n.m. continuity

1. earliest and oftenest as adv., continually

2. as subst.

H6440

פָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/

n-m — face, before

Derivation: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from 6437);

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

KJV: accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.

פָּנֶה

n.m — face

[פָּנֶה], pl. פָּנִים 2123 n.m. face, also faces

I.

1. face, faces

2.

a. presence, person

b. technically, see one's face, i.e. appear before one, in one's presence

3. face of seraphim

4. face of animals

5. face (= surface) of ground

6. as adv.loc. before

7. for other phrases

II. with prepositions

H727

אָרוֹןʼârôwn/aw-rone'/

n-m — box

Derivation: or אָרֹן; from 717 (in the sense of gathering);

a box

KJV: ark, chest, coffin.

אֲרוֹן

n.m — chest

אֲרוֹן, c. art. הָאָרוֹן, הָאָרֹן 203 n.m. chest, ark

1. chest, for money-offerings

2. sarcophagus, mummy-case

3. chest, ark in tabernacle & temple

H1285

בְּרִיתbᵉrîyth/ber-eeth'/

n-f — compact

Derivation: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting [like 1254]);

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

KJV: confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.

בְּרִית

n.f — covenant

בְּרִית 285 n.f. covenant

I. between men.

1. treaty, alliance, league

2. constitution, ordinance, between monarch and subjects

3. agreement, pledge

4. alliance of friendship between David and Jonathan

5. alliance of marriage

II. between God and man.

1. alliance of friendship

2. covenant, as a divine constitution or ordinance with signs or pledges

III. Phrases.

1. covenant making

2. covenant keeping

3. covenant violation

H430

אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/

n-m — gods, God, magistrates

Derivation: plural of 433;

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

KJV: angels, × exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), × (very) great, judges, × mighty.

אֱלֹהִים

n.m.pl — gods

אֱלֹהִים 2570 n.m.pl.

1. pl. in number.

a. rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power

b. divine ones, superhuman beings including God and angels

c. angels

d. gods

2. pl. intensive

a. god or goddess

b. godlike one

c. works of God, or things belongng to him

d. God

3. הָאֱלֹהִים the (true) God

4. אֱלֹהִים = God

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