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1 Chronicles 15:12 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 15 · verse 12
And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.1 Chronicles 15:12 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 15:12 in context
10Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
13For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sanctifyqâdashto be cleanH6942 →
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- chiefrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
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Preparation is here made for the bringing of the ark home to the city of David from the house of Obed-edom. It is here owned that in the former attempt, though it was a very good work and in it they sought God, yet they sought him, not after the due order, Ch1 15:13. "We did not go about our work considerately;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-24