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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 16:8-36

These verses, then, provide the form of praise which David wished to be used on this, and probably in grateful repetition on some succeeding occasions. David makes selections from four psalms already known; for it cannot be supposed that the verses we have hero were the original, and that they were afterwards supplemented. The first fifteen verses (viz. 8-22) are from Psalms 105:1-15 . The next eleven verses (23-33) are from Psalms 96:1-13 ; but a small portion of the first and last of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 16:11-14

The call to thanksgiving and to the praise of adoration is nosy in these verses suceeded by an earnest admonition to practical seeking of the Lord, and mindful obedience to him. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 16:14-22

These verses rehearse the ancient and blissful covenant which had made Israel so to differ. These are called mine anointed… my prophets , in harmony with what we read in the splendid passage, Exodus 19:3-6 . The substitution in our Exodus 19:15 , Exodus 19:19 of the second person pronoun plural, in place of the third person of the psalm, helps speak the reality of this occasion and its dramatic correctness. The literal original of our Authorized Version in Exodus 19:19 , but few,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 16:23

This verse is composed of the latter half of each of the first two verses of the psalm (96.). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 16:23-36

The grandeur and unusual comprehensiveness of the adoration and homage here proclaimed, as to be offered to the omnipotent Ruler of all nations, should be well pondered. Our eye and ear may have become too familiar with it, but when put a little into relief, and referred to its original time of day, it is fit to be ranked among the strongest moral evidences of inspiration in the word and the speaker. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 16:34-36

These verses, from the first, forty-seventh, and forty-eighth of Psalms 106:1-48 , must have suggested the sad intermediate contents of that psalm, the significant key-note of which is sounded in our thirty-fifth verse. The suggestion in the midst of the unbounded gladness of this day is affecting, and must have been intended for salutary lesson and timely warning. In the midst of the fulness of praise and joy, the people are led to prayer—say ye—and the prayer is an humble petition for... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 16:4-42

This passage is interposed by the writer of Chronicles between two sentences of the parallel passage in Samuel. It contains a detailed account of the service which David instituted at this time, a service out of which grew the more elaborate service of the temple. The language of much of the passage is remarkably archaic, and there can be no reasonable doubt that it is in the main an extract from a record of the time of David.1 Chronicles 16:5The occurrence of the name “Jeiel” twice in this... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 16:7

1 Chronicles 16:7. Then David delivered first this psalm, &c. Or, as Houbigant renders it, On that same day David delivered this psalm, that Asaph and his brethren might praise the Lord by it That is, on the day in which David appointed the Levites to sing before God, he gave them the song or hymn which follows. There is, however, nothing in the Hebrew for psalm. And the translation of the LXX. is perfectly accurate, save that they have rendered נתן , he gave, by εταξε , he... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 16:1-7

The ark comes to Jerusalem (13:1-16:7)David knew that part of the reason for Israel’s previous weakness was Saul’s lack of interest in its religious life. Even the ark of the covenant, symbol of God’s presence, lay forgotten in a country house. David set out to restore the ark to its rightful place at the centre of the nation’s religious life. In bringing the ark to Jerusalem, his aim was to make Jerusalem the religious, as well as the political, centre of Israel. But his plans suffered an... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 16:8-36

A psalm of thanksgiving (16:8-36)The Chronicler records a psalm that was sung in celebration of the ark’s arrival in Jerusalem. It was typical of the psalms sung on such great national occasions. It began with a call to God’s covenant people to worship him in praise for his faithfulness to the covenant he made with Abraham (8-13). This covenant was the work of God alone. Out of all the nations of the earth he chose Abraham, promising to make his descendants into a nation and to give them Canaan... read more

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