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1 Chronicles 16:39 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 16 · verse 39
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,1 Chronicles 16:39 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 16:39 in context
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;
41And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- tabernaclemishkâna residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the graveH4908 →
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- GibeonGibʻôwnGibon, a place in PalestineH1391 →
- ZadokTsâdôwqTsadok, the name of eight or nine IsraelitesH6659 →
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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