September 11, 2025

Through My Bible Yr 02 – September 11

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Through My Bible Yr 02 – September 111 Chronicles 15:1 – 16:6

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Through My Bible – September 11

1 Chronicles 15:1 – 16:6 (EHV)

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The Successful Move of the Ark to Jerusalem

1 Chronicles 15

1 David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David. He established a place for the Ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

2 Then David said, “Nobody is to carry God’s ark except the Levites, because the Lord chose them to carry the Ark of the Lord and to serve him forever.” 3 David gathered all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the Ark of the Lord to the place that he had prepared for it.

4 David gathered the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

5 representing the sons of Kohath were Uriel the leader and 120 of his relatives, [1]

6 representing the sons of Merari were Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives,

7 representing the sons of Gershom were Joel the leader and 130 of his relatives,

8 representing the sons of Elizaphan were Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives,

9 representing the sons of Hebron were Eliel the leader and 80 of his relatives,

10 representing the sons of Uzziel were Amminadab the leader and 112 of his relatives.

11 So David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. 12 He said to them, “You are the leading fathers of the descendants of Levi. Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers. Bring up the Ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place prepared for it, 13 because the first time, when you were not there, the Lord our God burst out against us, because we did not inquire about and follow the proper procedures.”

14 The priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the Ark of the Lord, the God of Israel. 15 The descendants of Levi carried the Ark of God with poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord. 16 David told the leading officials of the Levites to appoint their brother Levites as singers with musical instruments, harps, lyres, and cymbals, to raise their voices for the people to hear with joy.

17 The Levites appointed Heman son of Joel, and from the Levites closely related to him they appointed Asaph son of Berekiah, and from their relatives who were the descendants of Merari they appointed Ethan son of Kushaiah.

18 Their brother Levites assigned to serve with them on the second level were Zechariah, [2] Ja’aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Ma’aseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed Edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. [3]

19 Also appointed were the singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound the bronze cymbals,

20 Zechariah, Aziel, [4] Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Ma’aseiah, and Benaiah, to play the harps according to alamoth,

21 and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah with lyres, to lead according to sheminith. [5]

22 Kenaniah was musical leader of the Levites, directing the music because he had the skill.

23 Berekiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the Ark.

24 The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer were directed to blow trumpets before the Ark of God.

Obed Edom and Jehiah were also gatekeepers for the Ark.

25 David, the elders of Israel, and the leaders of the units of a thousand were going to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed Edom. They were celebrating as they went, 26 because God was helping the Levites who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord. They sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. 27 David was clothed with a fine linen robe, as were all of the Levites who were carrying the ark, the singers, and Kenaniah, the choir director for the singers. David was wearing a special linen vest. [6]

28 All Israel brought up the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord with shouts, with the sound of the ram’s horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and with music on harps and lyres. 29 When the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord came to the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked out through the window. She saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

1 Chronicles 16

1 They brought the Ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. They offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings [7] before God. 2 When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. 3 He distributed to each and every Israelite man and woman a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, [8] and a cake of raisins.

4 He designated the following individuals from the Levites to serve before the Ark of the Lord by remembering, thanking, and praising the Lord, the God of Israel:

5 Asaph was the leader. Zechariah was directly under him.

Jeiel, [9] Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed Edom, and Jeiel were to play music on harps and lyres.

Asaph was sounding the cymbals.

6 Benaiah and Jahaziel, the priests with trumpets, were to be continually before the Ark of the Covenant of God.

Footnotes

1 Chronicles 15:5 Literally brothers

1 Chronicles 15:18 Many Hebrew manuscripts have the word ben (son of) between Zechariah and Ja’aziel. If this reading is followed, the text originally read Zechariah, son of Ja’aziel, or the text includes the name of another Levite and reads Zechariah, Ben, Ja’aziel. The reading followed in the translation, which treats ben as an accidental addition, is supported by some Hebrew manuscripts and the Greek text.

1 Chronicles 15:18 Because of the overlap of the groups and the irregular use of and in the Hebrew, it is uncertain how the groups in verses 18-21 are arranged and how they relate to each other.

1 Chronicles 15:20 Very likely a variant of Ja’aziel in verse 18

1 Chronicles 15:21 Alamoth in verse 20 and sheminith in verse 21 are musical terms of uncertain meaning. They seem to refer to a method of tuning the instruments.

1 Chronicles 15:27 Hebrew ephod. The ephod was usually a vest-like garment for priests.

1 Chronicles 16:1 Traditionally peace offerings

1 Chronicles 16:3 The meaning of the term is uncertain.

1 Chronicles 16:5 This seems to be the same person as Ja’aziel in 15:18.

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