1 Chronicles 16:4

David appointed Levites to minister before the ark, commemorating, thanking, and praising the Lord. Ongoing, organized worship was established in Jerusalem.

Cross-references · 18

• Ps 72:18Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
• Ps 103:2Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits;
• 1 Chr 24:3David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.
• Ps 105:5Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
• Ps 106:48Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise Yah!
• Isa 62:6–7I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. You who call on Yahweh, take no rest,
• 1 Chr 16:8Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make what he has done known among the peoples.
• 1 Chr 23:2–6He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
• 1 Chr 15:16David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.
• 1 Kgs 8:15He said, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
• Gen 17:7I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
• Ps 70:1For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder. Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.
• Gen 33:20He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
• Num 18:1–6Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
• Ps 37:1By David. Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
• 1 Chr 16:37–42So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required;
• Gen 32:28He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have fought with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
• 1 Chr 23:27–32For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were counted, from twenty years old and upward.

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