1 Chronicles 16:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Moreover 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

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

Genesis 32:28

Then he said, “Your name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

Genesis 33:20

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

1 Kings 8:15

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

1 Chronicles 15:16

David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

1 Chronicles 16:3

and distributed to all Israel, both men and women, 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 were Zechariah, Je-iel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Je-iel, who were to play 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

With the help of 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 chiefs of the service also set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with lyres, with harps, and with 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 rested there.

2 Chronicles 5:13

and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers 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 for ever,” the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,

Ezra 3:10

And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the directions of David king of Israel;

Nehemiah 12:24

And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmi-el, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch corresponding to watch.

Psalm 103:2

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

Psalm 105:5

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

Fret not yourself because of the wicked, be not 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.