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15:1 David constructed <06213> buildings <01004> in the City <05892> of David <01732>; he then prepared <03559> a place <04725> for the ark <0727> of God <0430> and pitched <05186> a tent <0168> for it. 15:2 Then <0227> David <01732> said <0559>, “Only <0518> the Levites <03881> may carry <05375> the ark <0727> of God <0430>, for <03588> the Lord <03068> chose <0977> them to carry <05375> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> and to serve <08334> before <05704> him perpetually <05769>. 15:3 David <01732> assembled <06950> all <03605> Israel <03478> at <0413> Jerusalem <03389> to bring <05927> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> up <05927> to <0413> the place <04725> he had prepared <03559> for it. 15:4 David <01732> gathered together <0622> the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175> and the Levites <03881>: 15:5 From the descendants <01121> of Kohath <06955>: Uriel <0222> the leader <08269> and 120 <06242> <03967> of his relatives <0251>. 15:6 From the descendants <01121> of Merari <04847>: Asaiah <06222> the leader <08269> and 220 <06242> <03967> of his relatives <0251>. 15:7 From the descendants <01121> of Gershom <01648>: Joel <03100> the leader <08269> and 130 <07970> <03967> of his relatives <0251>. 15:8 From the descendants <01121> of Elizaphan <0469>: Shemaiah <08098> the leader <08269> and 200 <03967> of his relatives <0251>. 15:9 From the descendants <01121> of Hebron <02275>: Eliel <0447> the leader <08269> and 80 <08084> of his relatives <0251>. 15:10 From the descendants <01121> of Uzziel <05816>: Amminadab <05992> the leader <08269> and 112 <06240> <08147> <03967> of his relatives <0251>. 15:11 David <01732> summoned <07121> the priests <03548> Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054>, along with the Levites <03881> Uriel <0222>, Asaiah <06222>, Joel <03100>, Shemaiah <08098>, Eliel <0447>, and Amminadab <05992>. 15:12 He told <0559> them: “You <0859> are the leaders <07218> of the Levites <03881>’ families <01>. You <0859> and your relatives <0251> must consecrate <06942> yourselves and bring <05927> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> up to <0413> the place I have prepared <03559> for it. 15:13 The first <07223> time you <0859> did not <03808> carry it; that is why the Lord <03068> God <0430> attacked <06555> us, because <03588> we did not <03808> ask <01875> him about the proper way <04941> to carry it.” 15:14 The priests <03548> and Levites <03881> consecrated <06942> themselves so they could bring up <05927> the ark <0727> of the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>. 15:15 The descendants <01121> of Levi <03881> carried <05375> the ark <0727> of God <0430> on their shoulders <03802> with poles <04133>, just as Moses <04872> had ordered <06680> according to the divine <03068> command <01697>. 15:16 David <01732> told <0559> the leaders <08269> of the Levites <03881> to appoint <05975> some of their relatives <0251> as musicians <07891>; they were to play various instruments <07892> <03627>, including stringed instruments <03658> <05035> and cymbals <04700>, and to sing <08085> loudly <06963> and joyfully <08057>. 15:17 So the Levites <03881> appointed <05975> Heman <01968> son <01121> of Joel <03100>; one of his relatives <0251>, Asaph <0623> son <01121> of Berechiah <01296>; one of the descendants <01121> of Merari <0251> <04847>, Ethan <0387> son <01121> of Kushaiah <06984>; 15:18 along with <05973> some of their relatives <0251> who were second in rank <04932>, including Zechariah <02148>, Jaaziel <03268>, Shemiramoth <08070>, Jehiel <03171>, Unni <06042>, Eliab <0446>, Benaiah <01141>, Maaseiah <04641>, Mattithiah <04993>, Eliphelehu <0466>, Mikneiah <04737>, Obed-Edom <05654>, and Jeiel <03273>, the gatekeepers <07778>. 15:19 The musicians <07891> Heman <01968>, Asaph <0623>, and Ethan <0387> were to sound <08085> the bronze <05178> cymbals <04700>; 15:20 Zechariah <02148>, Aziel <05815>, Shemiramoth <08070>, Jehiel <03171>, Unni <06042>, Eliab <0446>, Maaseiah <04641>, and Benaiah <01141> were to play the harps <05035> according to the alamoth <05961> style; 15:21 Mattithiah <04993>, Eliphelehu <0466>, Mikneiah <04737>, Obed-Edom <05654>, Jeiel <03273>, and Azaziah <05812> were to play the lyres <03658> according <05921> to the sheminith <08067> style, as led by the director <05329>; 15:22 Kenaniah <03663>, the leader <08269> of the Levites <03881>, was in charge <03256> of transport <04853>, for <03588> he <01931> was well-informed <0995> on this matter; 15:23 Berechiah <01296> and Elkanah <0511> were guardians <07778> of the ark <0727>; 15:24 Shebaniah <07645>, Joshaphat <03146>, Nethanel <05417>, Amasai <06022>, Zechariah <02148>, Benaiah <01141>, and Eliezer <0461> the priests <03548> were to blow <02690> the trumpets <02689> before <06440> the ark <0727> of God <0430>; Obed-Edom <05654> and Jehiel <03174> were also guardians <07778> of the ark <0727>.

• 1Ch 15:1-29 -- David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• Music

  [ebd] Jubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen. 4:21). The Hebrews were much given to the cultivation of music. Their whole history and literature afford abundant evidence of this. After the Deluge, the first mention of ...
  [isbe] MUSIC - mu'-zik: I. IMPORTANCE 1. The Sole Art Cultivated 2. A Wide Vocabulary of Musical Terms 3. Place in Social and Personal Life 4. Universal Language of Emotions 5. Use in Divine Service 6. Part at Religious Reformation...
  [smith] The most ancient music. --The inventor of musical instruments, like the first poet and the first forger of metals, was a Cainite. We learn from (Genesis 4:21) that Jubal the son of Lamech was "the father of all such as handl...
  [nave] MUSIC Teachers of, 1 Chr. 15:22; 25:7, 8; 2 Chr. 23:13. Physical effect of, on people, 1 Sam. 16:15, 16, 23. Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices, 2 Chr. 29:27, 28. Precentor, Neh. 12:42. Chief musician, Neh. 12:...
  

• BEAUTY

  [isbe] BEAUTY - bu'-ti: The space allotted to this topic allows liberty only for the statement of two problems to students of the Bible. They should give distinct attention to the interblending of aesthetics with ethics in the Scri...
  

• Kirjath-jearim

  [ebd] city of jaars; i.e., of woods or forests, a Gibeonite town (Josh. 9:17) on the border of Benjamin, to which tribe it was assigned (18:15, 28). The ark was brought to this place (1 Sam. 7:1, 2) from Beth-shemesh and put in ch...
  

• PSALMS, BOOK OF

  [isbe] PSALMS, BOOK OF - samz, (tehillim, "praises," cepher tehillim, "book of praises"; Psalmoi, Psalterion): I. INTRODUCTORY TOPICS 1. Title 2. Place in the Canon 3. Number of Psalms 4. Titles in the Hebrew Text II. AUTHORSHIP AN...
  

• WORSHIP

  [isbe] WORSHIP - wur'-ship (Anglo-Saxon: weorthscipe, wyrthscype, "honor," from weorth, wurth, "worthy," "honorable," and scipe, "ship"): 1. Terms 2. Old Testament Worship 3. New Testament Worship 4. Public Christian Worship LITERA...
  

• PORT; PORTER

  [isbe] PORT; PORTER - port, por'-ter: "Port" in the sense of "gate" (of a city or building) is obsolete in modern English, and even in the King James Version is found only in Neh 2:13. "Porter," as "gate-keeper," however, is still ...
  

• Ark

  [nave] ARK 1. Noah's. Directions for building of, Gen. 6:14-16. Noah and family preserved in, Gen. 6:18; 7:8; Matt. 24:38; Heb. 11:7; 1 Pet. 3:20. Animals saved in, Gen. 6:19, 20; 7:1-16. 2. Of Bulrushes, Ex. 2:3. 3. In the Tab...
  

• Benaiah

  [ebd] built up by Jehovah. (1.) The son of Jehoiada, chief priest (1 Chr. 27:5). He was set by David over his body-guard of Cherethites and Pelethites (2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kings 1:32; 1 Chr. 18:17). His exploits are enumerated in 2 Sam...
  [isbe] BENAIAH - be-na'-ya, be-ni'-a (benayah, benayahu, "Yahweh has built." Compare HPN, 182, 265, 268): (1) Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada of Kabzeel (compare Josh 15:21), was a man of "mighty deeds" and was more honorable than any...
  [smith] (made by the Lord). The son of Jehoiada the chief priest, (1 Chronicles 27:5) of the tribe of Levi, though a native of Kabzeel, (2 Samuel 23:20) set by David, (1 Chronicles 11:25) over his body-guard. (2 Samuel 8...
  [nave] BENAIAH 1. Son of Jehoiada, commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites, 2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kin. 1:38. A distinguished warrior, 2 Sam. 23:20-23; 1 Chr. 11:22-25; 27:5, 6. Loyal to Solomon, 1 Kin. 1:2; 4:4. 2. An Ephraimite, a...
  

• Obed-edom

  [ebd] servant of Edom. (1.) "The Gittite" (probably so called because he was a native of Gath-rimmon), a Levite of the family of the Korhites (1 Chr. 26:1, 4-8), to whom was specially intrusted the custody of the ark (1 Chr. 15:18...
  [isbe] OBED-EDOM - o'-bed-e'-dom (`obhedh 'edhowm (2 Ch 25:24), `obhedd 'edhom (2 Sam 6:10; 1 Ch 13:13,14; 15:25), but elsewhere without hyphen, "servant of (god) Edom"; so W. R. Smith, Religion of Semites (2), 42, and H. P. Smith,...
  [nave] OBED-EDOM 1. Korhite Levite. Doorkeeper of the ark, 1 Chr. 15:18, 24; 26:4-8. David leaves ark with, 2 Sam. 6:10; 1 Chr. 13:13, 14. Ark removed from, 2 Sam. 6:12; 1 Chr. 15:25. Appointed to sound with harps, 1 Chr. 15:21....
  

• Heman

  [ebd] faithful. (1.) 1 Kings 4:31; 1 Chr. 2:6, a son of Zerah, noted for his wisdom. (2.) Grandson of Samuel (1 Chr. 6:33; 15:17), to whom the 88th Psalm probably was inscribed. He was one of the "seers" named in 2 Chr. 29:14, 30,...
  [isbe] HEMAN - he'-man (heman, "faithful"): The name of two men in the Old Testament. (1) A musician and seer, a Levite, son of Joel and grandson of the prophet Samuel; of the family of the Kohathites (1 Ch 6:33), appointed by Davi...
  [smith] (faithful) Son of Zerah. (1 Chronicles 2:6; 1 Kings 4:31) Son of Joel and grandson of Samuel the prophet, a Kohathite. He is called "the singer," rather the musician, (1 Chronicles 6:33) and was the first of the thr...
  [nave] HEMAN 1. A man noted for wisdom, to whom Solomon is compared, 1 Kin. 4:31; 1 Chr. 2:6. 2. "The singer,'' a chief Levite, and musician, 1 Chr. 6:33; 15:17, 19; 16:41. The king's seer, 1 Chr. 25:5. His sons and daughters te...
  

• Zechariah

  [ebd] Jehovah is renowned or remembered. (1.) A prophet of Judah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets. Like Ezekiel, he was of priestly extraction. He describes himself (1:1) as "the son of Berechiah." In Ezra 5:1 and 6:14 h...
  [smith] The eleventh in order of the twelve minor prophets. He is called in his prophecy the son of Berechiah and the grandson of Iddo, whereas in the book of Ezra, (Ezra 5:1; 6:14) he is said to have been the son of Iddo. It is nat...
  [nave] ZECHARIAH 1. A Reubenite, 1 Chr. 5:7. 2. Three Levites in the days of David, 1 Chr. 9:21; 15:18, 20, 24; 16:5; 26:2, 14. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 9:37. Called Zacher in 1 Chr. 8:31. 4. Two Kohathites, 1 Chr. 24:25; 2 Chr. ...
  

• David

  [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
  

• Tact

  [nave] TACT Prov. 15:1; 25:15. In preaching, 1 Cor. 9:19-22; 2 Cor. 12:6. Of Gideon, Judg. 8:1-3. Of Saul, in managing malcontents, 1 Sam. 10:27; 11:7, 12-15. Nabal's wife, Abigail, 1 Sam. 25:18-37. In David's popular methods:...
  

• Joel

  [ebd] Jehovah is his God. (1.) The oldest of Samuel's two sons appointed by him as judges in Beersheba (1 Sam. 8:2). (See VASHNI.) (2.) A descendant of Reuben (1 Chr. 5:4,8). (3.) One of David's famous warriors (1 Chr. 11:38). (4....
  [smith] (to whom Jehovah is God). Eldest son of Samuel the prophet, (1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:33; 15:17) and father of Heman the singer. (B.C. 1094.) In (1 Chronicles 6:36) Authorized Version, Joel seems to be merely a ...
  [nave] JOEL 1. Son of Samuel, 1 Sam. 8:2; 1 Chr. 6:33; 15:17. Called Vashni, 1 Chr. 6:28. 2. A Simeonite, 1 Chr. 4:35. 3. A Reubenite, 1 Chr. 5:4, 8. 4. A Gadite, 1 Chr. 5:12. 5. A Kohathite Levite, 1 Chr. 6:36. 6. Descendant...
  

• Asaph

  [isbe] ASAPH - a'-saf ('acaph): Is the name of three men in the Old Testament, of whom one is the reputed author of Psalms 50 and 73 through 83. He was one of David's three chief musicians, the other two being Heman, and Ethan or J...
  [nave] ASAPH 1. Father of Joah, 2 Kin. 18:18; Isa. 36:3, 22. 2. Son of Berachiah. One of the three leaders of music in David's organization of the tabernacle service, 1 Chr. 15:16-19; 16:5-7; 25:1-9; 2 Chr. 5:12; 35:15; Neh. 12:46...
  

• Maaseiah

  [ebd] the work of Jehovah. (1.) One of the Levites whom David appointed as porter for the ark (1 Chr. 15:18, 20). (2.) One of the "captains of hundreds" associated with Jehoiada in restoring king Jehoash to the throne (2 Chr. 23:1...
  [isbe] MAASEIAH - ma-a-se'-ya, ma-a-si'a (ma`aseyahu, "Yahweh's work"; Maassaia, and Massaias in the Septuagint): A name common in exilic and late monarchic times (Gray, H P N). (1) A Levite musician named in connection with David'...
  [smith] (work of the Lord), the name of four persons who had married foreign wives. In the time of Ezra, A descendant of Jeshua the priest. (Ezra 10:18) A priest, of the sons of Harim. (Ezra 10:21) A priest, of the sons of Pashur. (...
  [nave] MAASEIAH 1. A Levite musician, 1 Chr. 15:18, 20. 2. A captain of hundreds, 2 Chr. 23:1. 3. An officer of Uzziah, 2 Chr. 26:11. 4. Son of Ahaz. Slain by Zichri, 2 Chr. 28:7. 5. Governor of Jerusalem, 2 Chr. 34:8. 6. The ...
  

• Ethan

  [ebd] firm. (1.) "The Ezrahite," distinguished for his wisdom (1 Kings 4:31). He is named as the author of the 89th Psalm. He was of the tribe of Levi. (2.) A Levite of the family of Merari, one of the leaders of the temple music ...
  [isbe] ETHAN - e'-than ('ethan, "firm," "enduring"; Gaithan): (1) A wise man with whom Solomon is compared (1 Ki 4:31). Called there "Ethan the Ezrahite," to whom the title of Ps 89 ascribes the authorship of that poem. (2) A "son ...
  [smith] (enduring). Ethan the Ezrahite, one of the four sons of Mahol, whose wisdom was excelled by Solomon. (1 Kings 4:31; 1 Chronicles 2:6) His name is in the title of (Psalms 89:1) Son of Kishi or Kushaiah; a Merarite Levit...
  [nave] ETHAN 1. A renowned sage, 1 Kin. 4:31. See title, Psa. 89. 2. Son of Zerah, 1 Chr. 2:6, 8. 3. Two Levites, 1 Chr. 6:42, 44; 15:17, 19.
  

• Berechiah

  [ebd] blessed by Jehovah. (1.) Son of Shimea, and father of Asaph the musician (1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17). (2.) One of the seven Ephraimite chieftains, son of Meshillemoth (2 Chr. 28:12). (3.) The fourth of the five sons of Zerubbabel, ...
  [isbe] BERECHIAH - ber-e-ki'-a (berekhyah, berekhyahu, "Yahweh blesses," HPN, 216, 287): (1) A descendant of David (1 Ch 3:20). (2) The father of Asaph, the singer (1 Ch 6:39 the King James Version "Berachiah"; 1 Ch 15:17). (3) A f...
  [smith] (blessed of Jehovah). A descendant of the royal family of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:20) A man mentioned as the father of Meshullam, who assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:4,30; 6:18) A Levite. (1 C...
  [nave] BERECHIAH 1. Father of Asaph, 1 Chr. 15:17, 23. Called Berachiah, 1 Chr. 6:39. 2. A warrior of Ephraim, 2 Chr. 28:12. 3. A brother of Zerubbabel, 1 Chr. 3:20. 4. Son of Asa, 1 Chr. 9:16. 5. Son of Iddo, Zech. 1:1, 7. 6...
  

• Uriel

  [ebd] God is my light. (1.) A Levite of the family of Kohath (1 Chr. 6:24). (2.) The chief of the Kohathites at the time when the ark was brought up to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:5, 11). (3.) The father of Michaiah, one of Rehoboam's wi...
  [smith] A Kohathite Levite, son of Tahath. (1 Chronicles 6:24) Chief of the Kohathites in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 15:5,11) (B.C. 1043.) Uriel of Gibeah was the father of Maachah or Michaiah the favorite wife of Rehob...
  [nave] URIEL 1. A Levite. Son of Tahath, 1 Chr. 6:24. 2. A Levite. Assisted in moving the ark, 1 Chr. 15:5, 11, 12. 3. Grandfather of King Abijah, 2 Chr. 13:2.
  

• The Ark Brought to Zion

  

• What Precedent Does the Scripture Furnish for Solos, Duets and Choir Singing in Church?
  In I Cor. 14:26, Paul, referring to the forms of worship of the Corinthian church, wrote: "When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, etc" This verse, especially when read in connection with verse 15, "I will sing ...
• What Was the Real Sin of Uzzah?
  The sin of Uzzah (I Chron. 13:9,10) and its sudden punishment have been a subject of much discussion. None but priests of Aaron's family (that is, of the priest's household) were permitted to touch the Ark. Uzzah was of a Lev...

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