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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 16:33-43 (NET)

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16:33 Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the Lord , for he comes to judge the earth ! 16:34 Give thanks to the Lord , for he is good and his loyal love endures . 16:35 Say this prayer: “Deliver us, O God who delivers us! Gather us! Rescue us from the nations ! Then we will give thanks to your holy name , and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.” 16:36 May the Lord God of Israel be praised , in the future and forevermore . Then all the people said , “We agree ! Praise the Lord !”
David Appoints Worship Leaders
16:37 David left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day’s requirements , 16:38 including Obed-Edom and sixty-eight colleagues . Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were gatekeepers . 16:39 Zadok the priest and his fellow priests served before the Lord’s tabernacle at the worship center in Gibeon , 16:40 regularly offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord on the altar for burnt sacrifice , morning and evening , according to what is prescribed in the law of the Lord which he charged Israel to observe. 16:41 Joining them were Heman , Jeduthun , and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord . (For his loyal love endures !) 16:42 Heman and Jeduthun were in charge of the music, including the trumpets , cymbals , and the other musical instruments used in praising God . The sons of Jeduthun guarded the entrance . 16:43 Then all the people returned to their homes , and David went to pronounce a blessing on his family .

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  • [1Ch 16:33] O Thou In Whose Presence
  • [1Ch 16:34] Blessed Redeemer (2)
  • [1Ch 16:34] God Is So Good

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  • The residents of the town of Gibeon decided that if they could not defeat the Israelites they would join them. This has been a strategy that enemies of believers have employed for centuries (cf. Num. 25:1-2).9:1-2 Israel is t...
  • After the process of assigning land to the three tribes mentioned above, Israel's attention turned to relocating the tabernacle in a more central location (v. 1). God undoubtedly made the choice of Shiloh (lit. rest; cf. Deut...
  • The Book of Samuel covers the period of Israel's history bracketed by Samuel's conception and the end of David's reign. David turned the kingdom over to Solomon in 971 B.C.3David reigned for 40 and one-half years (2 Sam. 2:11...
  • The Philistines, as we have already seen in Judges, were Israel's primary enemy to the west at this time. Samson, too, fought the Philistines (Judg. 13-16).52There are about 150 references to the Philistines in 1 and 2 Samuel...
  • The promises Yahweh made to David here are an important key to understanding God's program for the future.God rejected David's suggestion that he build a temple for the Lord and gave three reasons. First, there was no pressin...
  • The people of Israel had formerly given the kingdom to David as a gift (5:1-3), but now they took that gift from him (v. 13).237David knew that Absalom was popular with the people. Evidently he fled Jerusalem to save his own ...
  • A tabernacle, evidently the Mosaic tabernacle, and the Mosaic tabernacle's bronze altar still stood at Gibeon (lit. little hill; 1 Chron. 16:39-40; 21:28-29; 2 Chron. 1:3, 5-6). Gibeon was one of the so-called high places whe...
  • Chronicles covers a broader period of history than any other Old Testament book. It begins with Adam and ends with Anani who lived eight generations after King Jehoiachin (1 Chron. 3:24). If we allow 25 years for each generat...
  • The central subject of 1 and 2 Chronicles is the temple of God. Someone evidently wrote these books at the end of the Babylonian exile to encourage the Israelites to reestablish Israel's national life in the Promised Land. In...
  • I. Israel's historical roots chs. 1-9A. The lineage of David chs. 1-3B. The house of Israel chs. 4-71. The family of Judah 4:1-232. The family of Simeon 4:24-433. The families of Transjordan ch. 54. The family of Levi ch. 65....
  • "Having established the remnant's genealogical link with the Davidic and priestly lines, he [the writer] focused on the groundwork of the Davidic promises. His design was to show how the kingly and priestly concerns came toge...
  • "In the Chronicler's eyes David's reign consisted of two great religious phases, his movement of the ark to Jerusalem (chs. 13-16) and his preparations for the building of the temple (chs. 17-19 or at least 17-22, 28, 29). Th...
  • This hymn (vv. 8-36) was probably one of many that the people sang on this occasion. It expressed the hopes and thoughts of the Israelites assembled that the returned exiles needed to emulate. This thanksgiving song is a medl...
  • David seems to have composed this psalm during a prolonged illness that almost proved fatal (cf. Job). He petitioned God to extend his days rather than continue the chastening. This psalm is quite similar to the preceding one...
  • This is one of the saddest of the psalms. It relates the prayer of a person who suffered intensely over a long time yet continued to trust in the Lord. Heman was a wise man who was a singer in David's service and a contempora...
  • 15:2 John again "saw"(cf. vv. 1, 5) the sea of glass that was similar to crystal (4:6; cf. Exod. 24:10; Ezek. 1:22), though here he wrote that it also had fire in it. The sea most likely represents the holiness and majesty of...
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