| 16 | 1 Chronicles | ||
| 1 | When they had brought in the Ark of God, they put it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered whole-offerings and shared-offerings before God. | ||
| 2 | After David had completed these sacrifices, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD | ||
| 3 | and gave food, a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins, to each Israelite, man or woman. | ||
| 4 | He appointed certain Levites to serve before the Ark of the LORD, to repeat the Name, to confess and to praise the LORD the God of Israel. | ||
| 5 | Their leader was Asaph; second to him was Zechariah; then came Jaaziel , Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with lutes and harps, Asaph, who sounded the cymbals; | ||
| 6 | and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, who blew the trumpets before the Ark of the Covenant of God continuously throughout that day. | ||
| 7 | It was then that David first ordained the offering of thanks to the LORD by Asaph and his kinsmen: | ||
| 8 | Give the LORD thanks and invoke him by name, make his deeds known in the world around. | A song of praise. 1Chr.16.8-36 - Ps.105.1-15, Ps.96.1-13, Ps.106.1, 47-48 | |
| 9 | Pay him honour with song and psalm and think upon all his wonders. | ||
| 10 | Exult in his hallowed name; let those who seek the LORD be joyful in heart. | ||
| 11 | Turn to the LORD, your strength , seek his presence always. | ||
| 12 | Remember the wonders that he has wrought, his portents and the judgements he has given, | ||
| 13 | O offspring of Israel his servants, O chosen sons of Jacob. | ||
| 14 | He is the LORD our God; his judgements fill the earth. | ||
| 15 | He called to mind his covenant from long ago , the promise he extended to a thousand generations— | ||
| 16 | the covenant made with Abraham, his oath given to Isaac, | ||
| 17 | the decree by which he bound himself for Jacob, his everlasting covenant with Israel: | ||
| 18 | 'I will give you the land of Canaan', he said, 'to be your possession, your patrimony.' | ||
| 19 | A small company it was, few in number, strangers in that land, | ||
| 20 | roaming from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another; | ||
| 21 | but he let no man ill-treat them, for their sake he admonished kings: | ||
| 22 | 'Touch not my anointed servants, do my prophets no harm.' | ||
| 23 | Sing to the LORD, all men on earth, proclaim his triumph day by day. | ||
| 24 | Declare his glory among the nations, his marvellous deeds among all peoples. | ||
| 25 | Great is the LORD and worthy of all praise; he is more to be feared than all gods. | ||
| 26 | For the gods of the nations are idols every one; but the LORD made the heavens. | ||
| 27 | Majesty and splendour attend him, might and joy are in his dwelling. | ||
| 28 | Ascribe to the LORD, you families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and might; | ||
| 29 | ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name, bring a gift and come before him. Bow down to the LORD in the splendour of holiness , | ||
| 30 | and dance in his honour, all men on earth. He has fixed the earth firm, immovable. | ||
| 31 | Let the heavens rejoice and the earth exult, let men declare among the nations, 'The LORD is king.' | ||
| 32 | Let the sea roar and all the creatures in it, let the fields exult and all that is in them; | ||
| 33 | then let the trees of the forest shout for joy before the LORD when he comes to judge the earth. | ||
| 34 | It is good to give thanks to the LORD, for his love endures for ever. | ||
| 35 | Cry, 'Deliver us, O God our saviour, gather us in and save us from the nations that we may give thanks to thy holy name and make thy praise our pride.' | ||
| 36 | Blessed be the LORD the God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. And all the people said 'Amen' and 'Praise the LORD.' | ||
| 37 | David left Asaph and his kinsmen there before the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, to perform regular service before the Ark as each day's duty required; | Worship at Jerusalem & Gibeon. 1Chr.16.37-43 | |
| 38 | as door-keepers he left Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and Hosah. (Obed-edom and his kinsmen were sixty-eight in number.) | ||
| 39 | He left Zadok the priest and his kinsmen the priests before the Tabernacle of the LORD at the hill-shrine in Gibeon, | ||
| 40 | to make offerings there to the LORD upon the altar of whole-offering regularly morning and evening, exactly as it is written in the law enjoined by the LORD upon Israel. | ||
| 41 | With them he left Heman and Jeduthun and the other men chosen and nominated to give thanks to the LORD, 'for his love endures for ever.' | ||
| 42 | They had trumpets and cymbals for the players, and the instruments used for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun kept the gate. | ||
| 43 | So all the people went home, and David returned to greet his household. | ||
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