1 Chronicles 16:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he appointed certain Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

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  • Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
  • Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.
  • Gen 33:20 : 20 And he erected an altar there and called it El Elohe Israel.
  • Num 18:1-6 : 1 And the LORD said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring with you, that they may be joined to you and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. 3 And they shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor you also, die. 4 And they shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come near you. 5 And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
  • 1 Kgs 8:15 : 15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
  • 1 Chr 15:16 : 16 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.
  • 1 Chr 16:8 : 8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
  • 1 Chr 16:37-42 : 37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required. 38 And Obededom with their brethren, sixty-eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be gatekeepers. 39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon, 40 To offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel; 41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endures forever; 42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were gatekeepers.
  • 1 Chr 23:2-6 : 2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their count by head, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand. 4 Of which, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: 5 Moreover, four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise with them. 6 And David divided them into divisions among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • 1 Chr 23:27-32 : 27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: 28 Because their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purification of all holy things, and in the work of the service of the house of God; 29 Both for the showbread, and for the fine flour for grain offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all kinds of measure and size; 30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at evening; 31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices to the LORD on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded to them, continually before the LORD: 32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brothers, in the service of the house of the LORD.
  • 1 Chr 24:3 : 3 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.
  • Ps 37:1 : 1 Do not worry because of evildoers, nor be envious of those who work iniquity.
  • Ps 70:1 : 1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
  • Ps 72:18 : 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.
  • Ps 103:2 : 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His benefits:
  • Ps 105:5 : 5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
  • Ps 106:48 : 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting; and let all the people say, Amen. Praise the LORD.
  • Isa 62:6-7 : 6 I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never be silent day or night: you who remind the LORD, do not keep silent, 7 And give him no rest, until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

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  • 1 Chr 16:5-8
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    5Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obededom, and Jeiel with psalteries and harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

    6Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

    7Then on that day David delivered this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brothers.

    8Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.

  • 1 Chr 15:14-17
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    14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

    15And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles on it, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD.

    16And 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.

    17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and from his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

  • 2 Chr 7:6
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    6And the priests stood at their posts; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, for His mercy endures forever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

  • 1 Chr 25:1
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    1Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for service the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, psalteries, and cymbals: and the number of the workers according to their service was:

  • 1 Chr 16:36-37
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    36Blessed be the LORD God of Israel forever and ever. And all the people said, 'Amen,' and praised the LORD.

    37So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required.

  • Neh 12:46
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    46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were leaders of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

  • 2 Chr 31:2
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    2And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.

  • Neh 12:24
    76%

    24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, group by group.

  • 1 Chr 15:2-4
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    2Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.

    3And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place, which he had prepared for it.

    4And David assembled the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

  • 2 Chr 29:25-26
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    25And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet, for so was the commandment of the LORD by His prophets.

    26And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

  • 1 Chr 6:31-32
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    31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark had rest.

    32And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and then they waited on their office according to their order.

  • 1 Chr 15:11-12
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    11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,

    12And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

  • 2 Chr 8:14
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    14And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their tasks, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so David the man of God had commanded.

  • Ezra 3:10
    75%

    10And 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, according to the ordinance of David king of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 23:5-6
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    5Moreover, four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise with them.

    6And David divided them into divisions among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 2 Chr 29:30
    74%

    30Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.

  • 1 Chr 16:41
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    41And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endures forever;

  • 1 Chr 13:8
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    8And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, with singing, with harps, with psalteries, with timbrels, with cymbals, and with trumpets.

  • 1 Chr 16:1-2
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    1So they brought the ark of God and set it in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt sacrifices 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.

  • 2 Chr 23:18
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    18Also Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had assigned in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as was ordained by David.

  • 1 Chr 15:25-28
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    25So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

    26And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bulls and seven rams.

    27And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also wore an ephod of linen.

    28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of cornets, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

  • 2 Chr 20:19
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    19And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

  • Neh 11:17
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    17And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

  • 2 Chr 30:21
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    21And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 25:6
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    6All these were under the direction of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

  • 1 Chr 23:30
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    30And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at evening;

  • Deut 10:8
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    8At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

  • 2 Chr 31:4
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    4Moreover, he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 20:21
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    21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying, Praise the LORD, for His mercy endures forever.

  • 2 Chr 5:4
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    4And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

  • 2 Chr 35:2
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    2And he appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 34:12
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    12And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all who were skilled in instruments of music.

  • 2 Chr 5:12
    71%

    12Also the Levites who were the singers, all of them being Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and lyres and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets: