They brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before the Lord.
1 Chronicles 6:31 - New Revised Standard Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These David put over the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark of the covenant rested there [after being taken by the Philistines and later placed in the house of Abinadab, where it remained for nearly 100 years during the rest of Samuel's judgeship and Saul's entire reign and into David's reign]. American Standard Version (1901) And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah, after that the ark had rest. Common English Bible David put the following in charge of the music in the LORD’s house after the chest was placed there. Catholic Public Domain Version These are the ones whom David appointed over the singing men in the house of the Lord, in the place where the ark was located. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These are they, whom David set over the singing men of the house of the Lord, after that the ark was placed. |
They brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before the Lord.
So they brought up the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up.
David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
So David and the elders of Israel, and the commanders of the thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the leader of the music of the singers; and David wore a linen ephod.
They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they performed their service in due order.
Now these are the singers, the heads of ancestral houses of the Levites, living in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.
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;
“This is my resting place forever; here I will reside, for I have desired it.
Rise up, O Lord, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.
On the outside of the inner gateway there were chambers for the singers in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the east gate facing north.