1 Chronicles 16:1

So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
brought	וַיָּבִ֙יאוּ֙ vai.ya.Vi.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
ark	אֲר֣וֹן 'a.Ron	H727	a box · noun, common masculine singular construct
God	הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
set	וַיַּצִּ֣יגוּ vai.ya.Tzi.gu	H3322	to place permanently · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
midst	בְּת֣וֹךְ be.Tokh	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
tent	הָאֹ֔הֶל ha.'O.hel	H168	a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
David	דָּוִ֑יד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
pitched	נָֽטָה na.tah-	H5186	to stretch or spread out · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
offered	וַיַּקְרִ֛יבוּ vai.yak.Ri.vu	H7126	to approach (causatively · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
sacrifices	עֹל֥וֹת o.Lot	H5930	a step or (collectively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
offerings	וּשְׁלָמִ֖ים u.she.la.Mim	H8002	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
before	לִפְנֵ֥י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
God	הָאֱלֹהִֽים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 15:1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
2 Samuel 6:17-19 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David of…
2 Chronicles 1:4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it a…
Ezra 6:16-18 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house o…
1 Chronicles 15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the…
2 Chronicles 5:6-7 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could no…
1 Kings 8:5-6 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen…
Psalms 132:8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 16:1-6

It was a glorious day when the ark of God was safely lodged in the tent David had pitched for it. That good man had his heart much upon it, could not sleep contentedly till it was done, Psa 132:4, Psa 132:5. I. The circumstances of the ark were now, 1. Better than what they had been. It had been obscure in a country town, in the fields of the wood; now it was removed to a public place, to the royal city, where all might resort to it. It had been neglected, as a despised broken vessel; now it was attended with veneration, and God was enquired of by it. It had borrowed a room in a private house, which it enjoyed by courtesy; now it had a habitation of its own entirely to itself, was set in the…

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John Gill on 1 Chronicles 16:1

So they brought the ark of God,.... What is contained in these three verses is the same with 2 Samuel 6:17, see the notes there. See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:17. See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:18. See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:19.

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 16:1-3

So they brought the ark of God,.... What is contained in these three verses is the same with Sa2 6:17, see the notes there. See Gill on Sa2 6:17. See Gill on Sa2 6:18. See Gill on Sa2 6:19. . 1 Chronicles 16:4 ch1 16:4 ch1 16:4 ch1 16:4And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord,.... By singing the praises of God: and to record; or bring to remembrance; to commemorate in a song the great and good things God had done for Israel as a people: and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel; for all his benefits, and the blessings of his goodness bestowed on them.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 16:1-43

The transfer of the Ark (16:1-3) and the conclusion of the event (16:43) are reported exactly as in Samuel (see 2 Sam 6:17-20). However, between these bookends, the Chronicler elaborates on the celebrations that accompanied the event and on the permanent arrangements for worship (1 Chr 16:4-42). David’s psalm of celebration is the central focus of the account.

Dictionary and topics

David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Music — 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…
Tabernacle — (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., “Siccuth”). (3.) The human body (2 Cor.…
Ark · .OF GOD — .OF GOD

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).