And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
Parallel translations
- WEB These are they whom David set over the service of song in Yahweh’s house, after the ark came to rest there.
- BSB These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.
- NKJV Now these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark came to rest.
- NASB Now these are the ones whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark rested there.
- NLT David assigned the following men to lead the music at the house of the Lord after the Ark was placed there.
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Quick answer
These are the men David appointed over the music in the LORD's house once the ark was at rest. David organized sustained, ordered praise as a central part of Israel's worship.
Overview
After the ark was brought to Jerusalem, David established a permanent ministry of song to accompany the worship of God. This was no afterthought but a deliberate ordering of praise by the king himself. It reveals that God is to be worshiped not only with sacrifice but with joyful, skillful music, and it anticipates the praise of the redeemed gathered around Christ (Revelation 5:9).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 2 Sam 6:17And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- 1 Chr 15:25So 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.
- 1 Chr 16:4–6And 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:
- 1 Chr 15:16–22And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
- Ps 132:8Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
- Ps 132:14This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
- 1 Chr 25:1–31Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
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