1 Chronicles 16:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He appointed certain of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel.

Cross References

Genesis 17:7

I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans and have prevailed.”

Genesis 33:20

There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

1 Kings 8:15

He said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to my father David, saying,

1 Chronicles 15:16

David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their kindred as singers to raise loud sounds of joy on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals.

1 Chronicles 16:3

and he distributed to every person in Israel—man and woman alike—to each a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins.

1 Chronicles 16:5

Asaph was the chief, and second to him was Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,

1 Chronicles 16:8

O give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples.

1 Chronicles 24:3

Along with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service.

1 Chronicles 25:1

David and the officers of the army also set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:

1 Chronicles 6:31

These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark came to rest there.

2 Chronicles 5:13

It was the duty of the trumpeters and singers together to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, and when the song was raised, with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever,” the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,

Ezra 3:10

When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments were stationed to praise the Lord with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, according to the directions of King David of Israel;

Nehemiah 12:24

And the leaders of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, with their associates over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, section opposite to section.

Psalm 103:2

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all his benefits—

Psalm 105:5

Remember the wonderful works he has done, his miracles and the judgments he has uttered,

Psalm 106:48

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the Lord!

Psalm 37:1

Do not fret because of the wicked; do not be envious of wrongdoers,

Psalm 70:1

Be pleased, O God, to deliver me. O Lord, make haste to help me!

Psalm 72:18

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.