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1 Chronicles 25: The Gift Of Music In Worship

1 Chronicles 25:1 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:

1 Chronicles 25:2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.

1 Chronicles 25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

1 Chronicles 25:4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:

1 Chronicles 25:5 All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

1 Chronicles 25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

1 Chronicles 25:7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

1 Chronicles 25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

1 Chronicles 25:10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:31 The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

1 Chronicles 24: The Sacred Duty Of The Priests

1 Chronicles 24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.

1 Chronicles 24:3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service,

1 Chronicles 24:4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar, there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.

1 Chronicles 24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

1 Chronicles 24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

1 Chronicles 24:9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

1 Chronicles 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

1 Chronicles 24:11 The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

1 Chronicles 24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

1 Chronicles 24:13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

1 Chronicles 24:14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

1 Chronicles 24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,

1 Chronicles 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to JehezekeL,

1 Chronicles 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamut,

1 Chronicles 24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house ofthe LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

1 Chronicles 24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these; Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.

1 Chronicles 24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.

1 Chronicles 24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.

1 Chronicles 24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

1 Chronicles 24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.

1 Chronicles 24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.

1 Chronicles 24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.

1 Chronicles 24:28 Of Mahli came to Eleazar, who had no sons.

1 Chronicles 24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish wets Jerahmeel.

1 Chronicles 24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

1 Chronicles 24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

1 Chronicles 23: Faithful Service In The House Of The Lord

1 Chronicles 23:1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 23:2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites,

1 Chronicles 23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

1 Chronicles 23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which made, said David, to praise therewith.

1 Chronicles 23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 23:7 Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

1 Chronicles 23:9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chiefs of the fathers of Laadan

1 Chronicles 23:10 And the sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

1 Chronicles 23:11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.

1 Chronicles 23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

1 Chronicles 23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name forever.

1 Chronicles 23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named ofthe tribe of Levi.

1 Chronicles 23:15 The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.

1 Chronicles 23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.

1 Chronicles 23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

1 Chronicles 23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, andJekameam the fourth.

1 Chronicles 23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second

1 Chronicles 23:21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

1 Chronicles 23:22 And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

1 Chronicles 23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

1 Chronicles 23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by a number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

1 Chronicles 23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever:

1 Chronicles 23:26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

1 Chronicles 23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

1 Chronicles 23:28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

1 Chronicles 23:29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;

1 Chronicles 23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:

1 Chronicles 23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service ofthe house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 22: David’s Devotion To Building The Temple

1 Chronicles 22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel, and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

1 Chronicles 22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

1 Chronicles 22:4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

1 Chronicles 22:5 And David said, Solomon, my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

1 Chronicles 22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God:

1 Chronicles 22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

1 Chronicles 22:10 He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

1 Chronicles 22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.

1 Chronicles 22:12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.

1 Chronicles 22:13 Then shalt thou prosper if thou takest heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

1 Chronicle 22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble, I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared, and thou mayest add thereto.

1 Chronicles 22:15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.

1 Chronicles 22:16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise, therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.

1 Chronicles 22:17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

1 Chronicles 22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark ofthe covenant ofthe LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 20: Victory, Giants, And God’s Strength

1 Chronicles 20:1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country ofthe children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah and destroyed it.

1 Chronicles 20:2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it, and it was set upon David’s head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

1 Chronicles 20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so, dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 20:5 Whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.

1 Chronicles 20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.

1 Chronicles 20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.

1 Chronicles 20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

1 Chronicles 21: The Plague, The Angel, And God’s Grace

1 Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel.

1 Chronicles 21:2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.

1 Chronicles 21:3 And Joab answered The LORD make his people a hundred times so many more as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

1 Chronicles 21:5 AndJoab gave the sum ofthe number ofthe people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

1 Chronicles 21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

1 Chronicles 21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

1 Chronicles 21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

1 Chronicles 21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,

1 Chronicles 21:10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

1 Chronicles 21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee

1 Chronicles 21:12 Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

1 Chronicles 21:13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

1 Chronicles 21:14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

1 Chronicles 21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel ofthe LORD stood by the threshing floor of Oman the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

1 Chronicles 21:17 And David said unto God, Is it not 1 that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued

1 Chronicles 21:18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshing-floor of Oman the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name ofthe LORD.

1 Chronicles 21:20 And Oman turned back and saw the angel, and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Oman was threshing wheat.

1 Chronicles 21:21 And as David came to Oman, Oman looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

1 Chronicles 21:22 Then David said to Oman, Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may stay from the people.

1 Chronicles 21:23 And Oman said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.

1 Chronicles 21:24 And king David said to Oman, Nay; but1 will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

1 Chronicles 21:26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD, and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

1 Chronicles 21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel, and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

1 Chronicles 21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.

1 Chronicles 21:30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 19: The Cost Of Misplaced Suspicion

Chronicles 19:1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead,

Chronicles 19:2 And David said I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father, So the servants of David came into the land ofthe children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him,

Chronicles 19:3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

Chronicles 19:5 Then there went certain and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

Chronicles 19:6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-Maachah, and out of Zobah.

Chronicles 19:7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities and came to battle.

Chronicles 19:8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.

Chronicles 19:9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.

Chronicles 19:10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel and put them in array against the Syrians.

Chronicles 19:11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

Chronicles 19:12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.

Chronicles 19:13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.

Chronicles 19:14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

Chronicles 19:15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

Chronicles 19:16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

Chronicles 19:17 And it was told David, and he gathered all Israel and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

Chronicles 19:19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

1 Chronicles 18: God’s Favor In David’s Military Successes

1 Chronicles 18:1 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out ofthe hand of the Philistines.

1 Chronicle 18:2 And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became David’s servants and brought gifts.

1 Chronicles 18:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them a hundred chariots.

1 Chronicles 18:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

1 Chronicles 18:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria-Damascus; and

1 Chronicles 18:7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 18:8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

1 Chronicles 18:9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;

1 Chronicles 18:10 He sent Hadoram his son to King David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

1 Chronicles 18:11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

1 Chronicles 18:12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley ofsalt eighteen thousand.

1 Chronicles 18:14 So David reigned over all Israel and executed judgment and justice among all his people.

1 Chronicles 18:15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.

1 Chronicles 18:16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

1 Chronicles 18:17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were chief about the king.

1 Chronicles 17: Understanding God’s Plans Over Our Own

1 Chronicles 17:1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, 1 dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

1 Chronicles 17:2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.

1 Chronicles 17:4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in

1 Chronicles 17:5 For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that 1 brought up Israel unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

1 Chronicles 17:6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedars?

1 Chronicles 17:7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

1 Chronicles 17:8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

1 Chronicles 17:9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,

1 Chronicles 17:10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore, I tell thee that the LORD will build thee a house.

1 Chronicles 17:11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

1 Chronicles 17:12 He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne forever.

1 Chronicles 17:13 will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

1 Chronicles 17:14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

1 Chronicles 17:15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

1 Chronicles 17:17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

1 Chronicles 17:18 What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

1 Chronicles 17:19 LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

1 Chronicles 17:20 LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

1 Chronicles 17:21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

1 Chronicles 17:22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people forever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

1 Chronicles 17:23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as thou hast said.

1 Chronicles 17:24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.

1 Chronicles 17:26 And now, LORD, thou art Godf and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

1 Chronicles 17:27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee forever: for thou blessest, O LORD and it shall be blessed forever.

1 Chronicles 16: Celebrating God’s Faithfulness

1 Chronicles 16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.

1 Chronicles 16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name ofthe LORD.

1 Chronicles 16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.

1 Chronicles 16:4 And he appointed certain ofthe Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

1 Chronicles 16:5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

1 Chronicles 16:7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

1 Chronicles 16:8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.

1 Chronicles 16:9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.

1 Chronicles 16:10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

1 Chronicle 16:12 Remember the marvelous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

1 Chronicles 16:13 ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

1 Chronicles 16:14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations

1 Chronicles 16:16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

1 Chronicles 16:17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

1 Chronicles 16:19 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it

1 Chronicles 16:20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

1 Chronicles 16:21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

1 Chronicles 16:22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

1 Chronicles 16:23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.

1 Chronicles 16:24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvelous works among all nations.

1 Chronicles 16:25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

1 Chronicles 16:26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

1 Chronicles 16:28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.

1 Chronicles 16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

1 Chronicles 16:30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

1 Chronicles 16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

1 Chronicles 16:32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.

1 Chronicles 16:33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:34 Give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever.

1 Chronicles 16:35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.

1 Chronicles 16:36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel forever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.

1 Chronicles 16:37 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:

1 Chronicles 16:38 And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:

1 Chronicles 16:40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;

1 Chronicles 16:41 And with them Heman andJeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth forever;

1 Chronicles 16:42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons ofJeduthun were porters.

1 Chronicles 16:43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.