Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version David left Asaph and his associates before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister there regularly, according to each day’s requirements. New Living Translation David arranged for Asaph and his fellow Levites to serve regularly before the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant, doing whatever needed to be done each day. English Standard Version So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister regularly before the ark as each day required, Berean Standard Bible So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements, King James Bible So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required: New King James Version So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister before the ark regularly, as every day’s work required; New American Standard Bible So he left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required, NASB 1995 So he left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required; NASB 1977 So he left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required; Legacy Standard Bible So he left behind Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required; Amplified Bible So David left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister before the ark continually, as each day’s work required; Christian Standard Bible So David left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the LORD’s covenant to minister regularly before the ark according to the daily requirements. Holman Christian Standard Bible So David left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the LORD’s covenant to minister regularly before the ark according to the daily requirements. American Standard Version So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he left Asaph and his brothers there before the Ark of the Covenant of LORD JEHOVAH to serve before LORD JEHOVAH constantly, each man on his day. Brenton Septuagint Translation And they left there Asaph and his brethren before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to minister before the ark continually, according to the service of each day: from day to day. Contemporary English Version David chose Asaph and the Levites in his clan to be in charge of the daily worship at the place where the sacred chest was kept. Douay-Rheims Bible So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren to minister in the presence of the ark continually day by day, and in their courses. English Revised Version So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required: GOD'S WORD® Translation David left Asaph and his relatives to serve continually in front of the ark of the LORD's promise, as the daily work required. Good News Translation King David put Asaph and the other Levites in permanent charge of the worship that was held at the place where the Covenant Box was kept. They were to perform their duties there day by day. International Standard Version Later David left the presence of the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD so Asaph and his fellow descendants of Levi could serve the ark there continually each day, doing whatever was required. JPS Tanakh 1917 So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required; Literal Standard Version And he leaves there [those] of Asaph and of his brothers, before the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH, to minister before the Ark continually, according to the matter of a day in its day; Majority Standard Bible So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements, New American Bible Then David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister before the ark regularly according to the daily ritual; NET Bible David left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the LORD's covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day's requirements, New Revised Standard Version David left Asaph and his kinsfolk there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister regularly before the ark as each day required, New Heart English Bible So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required; Webster's Bible Translation So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required: World English Bible So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required; Young's Literal Translation And he leaveth there before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, for Asaph and for his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, according to the matter of a day in its day, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Worship Before the Ark37So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements, 38along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.… Cross References 1 Chronicles 16:4 David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel. 1 Chronicles 16:5 Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals 2 Chronicles 8:14 In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God. Ezra 3:4 They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day. Treasury of Scripture So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required: before the ark 1 Chronicles 16:4-6 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: … 1 Chronicles 15:17-24 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; … 1 Chronicles 25:1-6 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: … as every 2 Chronicles 8:14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. Ezra 3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required; Jump to Previous Agreement Ark Asaph Associates Continually Covenant David Day's Duty Leaveth Matter Minister Places Regularly Relatives Required Requirements Service Times Whatever WorkJump to Next Agreement Ark Asaph Associates Continually Covenant David Day's Duty Leaveth Matter Minister Places Regularly Relatives Required Requirements Service Times Whatever Work1 Chronicles 16 1. David's festival sacrifice4. He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving 7. The psalm of thanksgiving 37. He appoints ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend the ark (37-42) Resumption and conclusion of the narrative suspended at 1Chronicles 16:7. (37) So (and) he left there.--Were the above ode interposed by the chronicler himself, he might better have written, "And David left." As every day's work required.--Literally, for a day's business in its own day--i.e., to perform the services appointed for each day. (Comp. Exodus 5:13.) (38) And Obed-edom with (and) their brethren.--The pronoun their shows that a word or words have fallen out. It is simplest to supply "Hosah," and render: And (he left there) Obed-edom and Hosah and their brethren, sixty-eight persons. The construction, however, is altered from that of 1Chronicles 16:37 : "Asaph and his brethren." (Comp. 1Chronicles 16:39.) . . . Verses 37-43. - These verses give the now new-ordained distribution of priests and Levites, to minister and to attend to the service of praise before the ark. And the first of them may be considered to mark an important step in advance in the crystallizing of the world's ecclesiastical institutions. Asaph and his brethren of song are left there before the ark of the covenant... to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required. A permanent local ministry and choir are thus established, with a fixity of place on Zion, and regularity of time that had been hitherto unattainable.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So David leftוַיַּֽעֲזָב־ (way·ya·‘ă·zāḇ-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit Asaph לְאָסָ֖ף (lə·’ā·sāp̄) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 623: Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites and his brothers וּלְאֶחָ֑יו (ū·lə·’e·ḥāw) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) there שָׁ֗ם (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither before לִפְנֵי֙ (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the ark אֲר֣וֹן (’ă·rō·wn) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 727: A chest, ark of the covenant בְּרִית־ (bə·rîṯ-) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1285: A covenant of the LORD, יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel to minister לְשָׁרֵ֞ת (lə·šā·rêṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 8334: To attend as a, menial, worshipper, to contribute to [there] לִפְנֵ֧י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face regularly תָּמִ֖יד (tā·mîḏ) Adverb Strong's 8548: Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice according to the daily י֥וֹם (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day requirements, לִדְבַר־ (liḏ·ḇar-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause Links 1 Chronicles 16:37 NIV1 Chronicles 16:37 NLT 1 Chronicles 16:37 ESV 1 Chronicles 16:37 NASB 1 Chronicles 16:37 KJV 1 Chronicles 16:37 BibleApps.com 1 Chronicles 16:37 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 16:37 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 16:37 French Bible 1 Chronicles 16:37 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Chronicles 16:37 So he left there before the ark (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) |
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