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1 Chronicles 16:38 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 16 · verse 38
And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:1 Chronicles 16:38 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 16:38 in context
36Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
37So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required:
38And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
39And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
40To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- threescoreshishshîymsixtyH8346 →
- ObededomʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwmObed-Edom, the name of five IsraelitesH5654 →
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- JeduthunYᵉdûwthûwnJeduthun, an IsraeliteH3038 →
- portersshôwʻêra janitorH7778 →
- eightshᵉmôneha cardinal number, eightH8083 →
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The worship of God is not only to be the work of a solemn day now and then, brought in to grace a triumph; but it ought to be the work of every day. David therefore settles it here for a constancy, puts it into a method, which he obliged those that officiated to observe in their respective posts.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 37-43