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1 Chronicles 16:5-7
International Standard Version
1 Chronicles 16:5-7
International Standard Version
5 Their director Asaph played cymbals, and next to him was Zechariah, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who played harps and lyres. 6 The priests Benaiah and Jahaziel played the trumpets continually in the presence of the Ark of the Covenant of God.
David’s Psalm of Thanksgiving(A)
7 On that very day, David composed this psalm of thanksgiving to the Lord just for[a] Asaph and his companions:[b]
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- 1 Chronicles 16:7 Lit. Lord in the hand of
- 1 Chronicles 16:7 Lit. brothers; i.e. his fellow descendants of Levi
1 Chronicles 16:5-7
New International Version
1 Chronicles 16:5-7
New International Version
5 Asaph was the chief, and next to him in rank were Zechariah, then Jaaziel,[a] Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals, 6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
7 That day David first appointed Asaph and his associates to give praise(A) to the Lord in this manner:
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 16:5 See 15:18,20; Hebrew Jeiel, possibly another name for Jaaziel.
1 Chronicles 16:5-7
King James Version
1 Chronicles 16:5-7
King James Version
5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
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