Key Verse Spotlight
1 Chronicles 16:6 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.”
1 Chronicles 16:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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:
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; {with psalteries...: Heb. with instruments of psalteries and harps}
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
Then on that day David delivered first {this psalm} to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
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