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1
Chronicles Chapter Fifteen
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 15
David
having prepared a place for the ark of God
gathered the Israelites
Levites
and priests
to assist in the bringing of it up thereunto
1 Chronicles 15:1
and which was done in a very honourable and joyful manner
1 Chronicles 15:24
though David
for his behaviour
was despised by Michal his wife in her heart
1 Chronicles 15:29.
1 Chronicles
15:1 David
built houses for himself in the City of David; and he prepared a place for the
ark of God
and pitched a tent for it.
YLT
1And he maketh for himself
houses in the city of David
and prepareth a place for the ark of God
and
stretcheth out for it a tent.
And David made him houses in the city of David
.... With the
help of the masons and carpenters Hiram sent him
1 Chronicles 14:1
the royal palace is meant
with all the apartments in it
which were many and
large
as so great a family he had required
and with all the out houses to it
necessary for his servants
and their offices:
and prepared a place for the ark of God
and pitched for it a tent; see 2 Samuel 6:17.
1 Chronicles
15:2 2 Then David said
“No one may
carry the ark of God but the Levites
for the Lord has chosen
them to carry the ark of God and to minister before Him forever.”
YLT
2Then said David
`None
[are] to carry the ark of God
except the Levites
for on them hath Jehovah
fixed to carry the ark of God
and to serve Him -- unto the age.'
Then David said
.... Either within himself
or to his
ministers and courtiers about him:
none ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites; he saw his
former mistake in employing those that were not Levites in bringing up the ark
from Kirjathjearim
and bringing it in a cart
and not on the shoulders of the
Levites
and so miscarried in his attempt
2 Samuel 6:1 and
perhaps
had since more diligently consulted the law of God about this matter:
for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God
and to
minister unto him for ever; as long as the Levitical dispensation
lasted
as appears from Numbers 1:50.
1 Chronicles
15:3 3 And
David gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem
to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place
which he had prepared for it.
YLT
3And David assembleth all
Israel unto Jerusalem
to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place that he
had prepared for it.
And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem
.... The chief
and heads of the people:
to bring up the ark of the Lord; from the house of
Obededom
where it had been three months
and for the sake of which his house
was blessed
and which David heard of; and this encouraged him to take this
step to fetch it from thence: unto his place
which he had prepared for it; 1 Chronicles 15:1.
1 Chronicles
15:4 4 Then
David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites:
YLT
4And David gathereth the
sons of Aaron
and the Levites.
Verses 4-10
And David assembled the children of Aaron
and the Levites. Whose business
it was to bear the ark when there was any occasion for it: and from hence to
the end of 1 Chronicles 15:10
an account is given of the Levites
and their number employed in this affair:
of the sons of Kohath; a son of Levi
that is
of his posterity; for his immediate sons
and so those of the rest after
mentioned
had been dead ages ago; the principal of those
at this present
time
was Uriel
and his kindred
or those of the same family with him
were
one hundred and twenty: of those of Merari
another son of Levi
the chief was
Asaiah
with two hundred and twenty of his relations: of those of Gershon
another son of Levi
was Joel
and his brethren were one hundred and thirty: of
the posterity of Elizaphan
a grandson of Kohath
Exodus 5:18
the
most noted was Shemaiah
who had two hundred of his family with him: and of
those of Hebron
the son of Kohath
Exodus 6:18
Eliel
was the most famous
and he had eighty of his kindred with him: and of those of
Uzziel
another son of Kohath in a different line from Elizaphan
who also was
a son of Uzziel
was Amminadab the chief
who had one hundred and twelve of his
kindred with him: the number of Levites
in all
gathered together
were eight
hundred and sixty two
besides their chiefs.
1 Chronicles
15:5 5 of
the sons of Kohath
Uriel the chief
and one hundred and twenty of his
brethren;
YLT
5Of sons of Kohath: Uriel
the chief
and his brethren
a hundred and twenty.
1 Chronicles
15:6 6 of
the sons of Merari
Asaiah the chief
and two hundred and twenty of his
brethren;
YLT
6Of sons of Merari: Asaiah
the chief
and his brethren
two hundred and twenty.
1 Chronicles
15:7 7 of
the sons of Gershom
Joel the chief
and one hundred and thirty of his
brethren;
YLT
7Of sons of Gershom: Joel
the chief
and his brethren
a hundred and thirty.
1 Chronicles
15:8 8 of
the sons of Elizaphan
Shemaiah the chief
and two hundred of his brethren;
YLT
8Of sons of Elizaphan:
Shemaiah the chief
and his brethren
two hundred.
1 Chronicles
15:9 9 of
the sons of Hebron
Eliel the chief
and eighty of his brethren;
YLT
9Of sons of Hebron: Eliel
the chief
and his brethren
eighty.
1 Chronicles
15:10 10 of
the sons of Uzziel
Amminadab the chief
and one hundred and twelve of his
brethren.
YLT
10Of sons of Uzziel:
Amminadab the chief
and his brethren
a hundred and twelve.
1 Chronicles 15:11 11 And David called for Zadok
and Abiathar the priests
and for the Levites: for Uriel
Asaiah
Joel
Shemaiah
Eliel
and Amminadab.
YLT
11And David calleth to Zadok
and to Abiathar the priests
and to the Levites
to Uriel
Asaiah
and Joel
Shemaiah
and Eliel
and Amminadab
And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests
.... See 2 Samuel 8:17.
and for the Levites
for Uriel
Asaiah
and Joel
Shemaiah
and
Eliel
and Amminadab; the six chiefs before mentioned.
1 Chronicles 15:12 12 He said to them
“You are
the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves
you and your brethren
that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel
to the place I have prepared for it.
YLT
12and saith to them
`Ye
[are] heads of the fathers of the Levites; sanctify yourselves
ye and your
brethren
and ye have brought up the ark of Jehovah
God of Israel
unto [the
place] I have prepared for it;
And he said unto them
ye are the chief of the fathers of the
Levites
.... Of the families of the Levites
heads of their fathers'
houses:
sanctify yourselves
both ye and your brethren; respectively
under each
whose numbers are before given
by washing their bodies and
clothes
and abstaining from their wives:
that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the
place that I have prepared for it; 2 Samuel 6:17.
1 Chronicles 15:13 13 For because you did
not do it the first time
the Lord our God broke
out against us
because we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
YLT
13because at the first [it
was] not ye
Jehovah our God made a breach upon us
because we sought Him not
according to the ordinance.'
For because ye did it not at the first
.... Did not
sanctify themselves
as the supplement in our version directs; but rather the
sense is
ye were not there at first
when the ark was brought from
Kirjathjearim as far as the house of Obededom
as they should have been; they
were not then employed
as was their business
and therefore
the Lord our God made a breach upon us; by smiting
Uzzah with death
who was no Levite
and touched the ark
which is called his
"error"
and for which God smote him
2 Samuel 6:7 on
which place Lud. Capellus observes
the word "shal"
we there render
"error"
signifies a "disease" in the Arabic language
and
might formerly design a sudden one with the Hebrew; as an apoplexy; and so the
sense be
that God smote Uzzah with an apoplexy
of which he suddenly died:
for that we sought him not after the due order; but
instead
of employing the Levites to carry the ark on their shoulders
it was put upon a
cart.
1 Chronicles 15:14 14 So the priests and the
Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
YLT
14And the priests and the
Levites sanctify themselves
to bring up the ark of Jehovah
God of Israel;
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves
.... As they
were ordered
and in the manner they should:
to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel; for though it
was chiefly the work of the Levites
yet the priests might do it
and sometimes
did
see Joshua 3:13.
1 Chronicles 15:15 15 And the children of the
Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders
by its poles
as Moses had
commanded according to the word of the Lord.
YLT
15and sons of the Levites
bear the ark of God
as Moses commanded
according to the word of Jehovah
on
their shoulder
with staves
above them.
And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their
shoulders
with the staves thereon
as Moses commanded
according to the word
of the Lord. Not only bare it on their shoulders
but with the staves in it
which rested on their shoulders
see Numbers 7:9
the
reason of this command
that the ark should be carried on men's shoulders
and
not in any carriage
according to MaimonidesF8Moreh Nevochim
par.
3. c. 45. p. 479.
was both for the honour of it
and lest its form and
structure should be any ways damaged.
1 Chronicles 15:16 16 Then David spoke to the
leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied
by instruments of music
stringed instruments
harps
and cymbals
by raising
the voice with resounding joy.
YLT
16And David saith to the
heads of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers
with instruments of
song
psalteries
and harps
and cymbals
sounding
to lift up with the voice
for joy.
And David spake to the chief of the Levites
.... The six
before mentioned
1 Chronicles 15:11.
to appoint their brethren to be the singers; before the
ark
as they brought it up:
with instruments of music
psalteries
and harps
and cymbals; which were
used in those times
see 2 Samuel 6:5.
sounding by lifting up the voice with joy; the
instrumental music was to be attended with vocal music
and that very sonorous
and loud
and performed with all tokens of inward joy and gladness
as the
occasion required.
1 Chronicles 15:17 17 So the Levites appointed
Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren
Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of
their brethren
the sons of Merari
Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
YLT
17And the Levites appoint
Heman son of Joel
and of his brethren
Asaph son of Berechiah
and of the sons
of Merari their brethren
Ethan son of Kushaiah;
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel
.... The
grandson of Samuel the prophet
1 Chronicles 6:33.
and of his brethren
Asaph the son of Berechiah; a famous
singer
often mentioned in the Psalms
1 Chronicles 6:39.
and of the sons of Merari their brethren
Ethan the son of
Kushaiah; the same with the son of Kishi
1 Chronicles 6:44
these were the chief of the singers.
1 Chronicles 15:18 18 and with them their
brethren of the second rank: Zechariah
Ben
[a] Jaaziel
Shemiramoth
Jehiel
Unni
Eliab
Benaiah
Maaseiah
Mattithiah
Elipheleh
Mikneiah
Obed-Edom
and Jeiel
the gatekeepers;
YLT
18and with them their
brethren
the seconds [in rank]
Zechariah
Ben
and Jaaziel
and Shemiramoth
and Jehiel
and Unni
Eliab
and Benaiah
and Maaseiah
and Mattithiah
and
Elipheleh
and Mikneiah; and Obed-Edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers;
And with them their brethren of the second degree
.... Who were
next unto them
both in office and skill in singing:
the fourteen following
Zechariah
Ben
and Jaaziel
and
Shemiramoth
and Jehiel
and Unni
Eliab
and Benaiah
and Maaseiah
and
Mattithiah
and Elipheleh
and Mikneiah
and Obededom
and Jeiel
the porters; who
when
they were not employed in singing
were doorkeepers of the sanctuary; either
they had been porters at the tabernacle in Gibeon
or were so after the ark was
placed in the tabernacle David prepared for it.
1 Chronicles 15:19 19 the singers
Heman
Asaph
and Ethan
were to sound the cymbals of bronze;
YLT
19and the singers
Heman
Asaph
and Ethan
with cymbals of brass to sound
So the singers
Heman
Asaph
and Ethan
.... The three
principal of them: these were appointed
to sound with cymbals of brass; for as there were three
sorts of musical instruments
1 Chronicles 15:16
these three chief singers had one of those instruments appropriated to them
one of which were the cymbals of brass
to which the apostle alludes
1 Corinthians 13:1.
1 Chronicles 15:20 20 Zechariah
Aziel
Shemiramoth
Jehiel
Unni
Eliab
Maaseiah
and Benaiah
with strings according
to Alamoth;
YLT
20and Zechariah
and Aziel
and Shemiramoth
and Jeheil
and Unni
and Eliab
and Maaseiah
and Benaiah
with psalteries besides virgins
And Zechariah
and Aziel
and Shemiramoth
and Jehiel
and Unni
and Eliab
and Maaseiah
and Benaiah
.... Who were eight of
the second degree; Aziel is the same with Jaaziel
1 Chronicles 15:18
and Ben is left out
in whose room Azaziah
in the next verse
seems to be put;
Ben is thought to be sick or dead before they came to execute their office
and
whom the father of Kimchi takes to be the same with him who is expressed in the
title of Psalm 9:1 which
title is
"on Muthlabben"
or the death of Ben: these were appointed
to sound
with psalteries on Alamoth; psalteries were another
kind of instruments of music; and Alamoth was either the beginning of a song
to the tune of which those instruments played
or the tune itself
and the note
of it; either the treble or counter tenor
a shrill sound
like that of organs
which this word sometimes signifies
see Psalm 46:1.
1 Chronicles 15:21 21 Mattithiah
Elipheleh
Mikneiah
Obed-Edom
Jeiel
and Azaziah
to direct with harps on the Sheminith;
YLT
21and Mattithiah
and
Elipheleh
and Mikneiah
and Obed-Edom
and Jeiel
and Azaziah
with harps
on
the octave
to oversee.
And Mattithiah
and Elipheleh
and Mikneiah
and Obededom
and
Jeiel
and Azaziah
.... These six were appointed to sound:
with harps on the Sheminith to excel; which
Sheminith some take to be an harp with eight strings
or the beginning of a
song
or a musical tone
the bass; see the title of Psalm 6:1.
1 Chronicles 15:22 22 Chenaniah
leader of the
Levites
was instructor in charge of the music
because he was
skillful;
YLT
22And Chenaniah
head of the
Levites
[is] over the burden; he instructeth about the burden
for he [is]
intelligent.
And Chenaniah chief of the Levites was for song
.... But the
chief for the song were Heman
Asaph
and Ethan; rather
for the burden
as the Targum; for the lifting up and
bearing the ark:
he instructed about the song; or about the taking up
and bearing the burden
the ark; directing when to take it up
and how far to
go with it
and then rest:
because he was skilful; a wise and prudent man
in all things
and so proper to direct in this business.
1 Chronicles 15:23 23 Berechiah and Elkanah were
doorkeepers for the ark;
YLT
23And Berechiah and Elkanah
[are] gatekeepers for the ark.
And Berechiah
and Elkanah
were doorkeepers for the ark
.... Either
while it was at Kirjathjearim
and at Obededom's house; or rather after it was
put in the tabernacle David had prepared for it; though it may be best of all
to understand it
that those
as it was carrying
went before it
to keep the
people from pressing to it
and gazing on it.
1 Chronicles 15:24 24 Shebaniah
Joshaphat
Nethanel
Amasai
Zechariah
Benaiah
and Eliezer
the priests
were to blow
the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah
doorkeepers for
the ark.
YLT
24And Shebaniah
and
Joshaphat
and Nethaneel
and Amasai
and Zechariah
and Benaiah
and Eliezer
the priests
are blowing with trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and
Jehiah [are] gatekeepers for the ark.
And Shebaniah
and Jehoshaphat
and Nethaneel
and Amasai
and
Zechariah
and Benaiah
and Eliezer
the priests
did blow with the trumpets
before the ark of God
.... With the silver trumpets; one use of which was to blow with
when the camps and ark of the Lord moved
Numbers 10:5.
and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark; they went
behind it
as the others before it
for the same purpose
as it was bringing
up.
1 Chronicles 15:25 25 So David
the elders of
Israel
and the captains over thousands went to bring up the ark of the
covenant of the Lord
from the house of Obed-Edom with joy.
YLT
25And it is David
and the
elders of Israel
and the heads of the thousands
who are going to bring up the
ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the house of Obed-Edom with joy;
So David and the elders of Israel
and the captains over thousands
.... He and
the principal men of the nation
and the officers of the army or militia:
went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the
house of Obededom with joy; with all demonstrations of it; for which
purpose such a band of music was prepared
as before described.
1 Chronicles 15:26 26 And so it was
when God
helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord
that they
offered seven bulls and seven rams.
YLT
26and it cometh to pass
in
God's helping the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah
that they
sacrifice seven bullocks and seven rams.
And it came to pass
when God helped the Levites that bare the ark
of the covenant of the Lord
.... Not merely granted them bodily strength
to carry it
which did not require a great deal; but helped them to carry it
with cheerfulness
and without fear
and so as to commit no error
nor in any
respect provoke his displeasure
as when it was brought before from
Kirjathjearim:
that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams; by way of
thanksgiving
besides what David offered; and this was done by the way
see 2 Samuel 6:13.
1 Chronicles 15:27 27 David was clothed with a
robe of fine linen
as were all the Levites who bore the ark
the singers
and
Chenaniah the music master with the singers. David also wore a linen
ephod.
YLT
27And David is wrapped in an
upper robe of fine linen
and all the Levites who are bearing the ark
and the
singers
and Chenaniah head of the burden of the singers; and on David [is] an
Ephod of linen.
And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen
.... For
though a king
he
being among the singers
was clothed as they; for so it
follows:
and all the Levites that bare the ark
and the singers
and
Chenaniah the master of the song; or of those that bore
the burden
the ark
as the Targum:
with the singers; all were clothed in robes of fine linen:
David also had upon him an ephod of linen; which he had
besides his linen robe
and was over it; and being a shorter and tighter
garment
it bound the other closer to him; though some think this is
explanative of the former
and designs the same
and is what others
besides
priests
were
on occasion
allowed to wear
see 1 Samuel 2:18.
1 Chronicles 15:28 28 Thus all Israel brought up
the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting and with
the sound of the horn
with trumpets and with cymbals
making music with
stringed instruments and harps.
YLT
28And all Israel are bringing
up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting
and with the sound of a
cornet
and with trumpets
and with cymbals
sounding with psalteries and
harps
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord
with shouting
.... See 2 Samuel 6:15.
1 Chronicles 15:29 29 And it happened
as
the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the City of
David
that Michal
Saul’s daughter
looked through a window and saw King David
whirling and playing music; and she despised him in her heart.
YLT
29and it cometh to pass
the
ark of the covenant of Jehovah is entering in unto the city of David
and
Michal daughter of Saul is looking through the window
and seeth king David
dancing and playing
and despiseth him in her heart.
And it came to pass
as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came
to the city of David
that Michal the daughter of Saul
looking out at a window
.... Of the
palace
to see the procession
see 2 Samuel 6:16 where
not only this circumstance is related
and the inward contempt she had David
in
because of his behaviour
but also what she said
and what David returned
in answer to it.
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