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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Benaiah also and Jahaziel--The name of the former is mentioned among the priests (Ch1 15:24), but not the latter. The office assigned to them was that of blowing trumpets at regular intervals before the ark and in the tabernacle.
Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 16:5
Asaph - See the preceding chapter, Ch1 15:17 (note), etc.
John Gill on 1 Chronicles 16:6
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests,.... These were appointed to blow
with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; morning and evening.
Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 16:6
Then on that day,.... The ark was brought to Zion, and the above persons appointed to minister before it:
David delivered first this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren to be sung by them now, and on every proper occasion; and this seems to be the first that was delivered to them; afterwards there were many more, as the titles of the psalms show; the following is composed of part of two others, as they now stand in the book of Psalms. From hence, to the end of Ch1 16:22 is the same with Psa 105:1, with a little variation, see the notes there; and from thence to the end of Ch1 16:33 is Psa 96:1 which see; and Ch1 16:34 is the same with Psa 106:1, see the notes th…
