1 Chronicles 16 (NET)

1 Chronicles 16:1¹They brought the ark of God and put it in the middle of the tent David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 15:12 Chr 1:42 Sam 6:17-19Ezra 6:16-181 Chr 15:122 Chr 5:6-71 Kgs 8:5-6Ps 132:8

1 Chronicles 16:2²When David finished offering burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the Lord ’s name.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 47:102 Chr 30:18-202 Chr 30:27Josh 22:61 Kgs 8:55-562 Chr 29:292 Sam 6:18Gen 14:19Gen 20:7Gen 47:7

1 Chronicles 16:3³He then handed out to each Israelite man and woman a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 45:171 Pet 4:9Neh 8:102 Chr 30:242 Chr 35:7-8

1 Chronicles 16:4⁴He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 24:3Ps 103:2Ps 105:5Ps 106:48Ps 72:181 Chr 15:161 Chr 16:37-421 Chr 16:81 Chr 23:2-61 Chr 23:27-32

1 Chronicles 16:5⁵Asaph was the leader and Zechariah second-in-command, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel. They were to play stringed instruments, Asaph was to sound the cymbals,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 6:391 Chr 15:16-241 Chr 25:1-62 Chr 29:25

1 Chronicles 16:6⁶and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of God’s covenant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 29:26-282 Chr 13:122 Chr 5:12-13Num 10:8

1 Chronicles 16:7⁷That day David first gave to Asaph and his colleagues this song of thanks to the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 22:12 Sam 23:1-2Ps 18:12 Chr 29:30Neh 12:24Ps 12:1

1 Chronicles 16:8⁸Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 105:1-15Isa 12:42 Kgs 19:19Ps 145:5-61 Chr 16:341 Chr 16:8-221 Cor 1:21 Kgs 8:43Ps 67:2-4Ps 78:3-6

1 Chronicles 16:9⁹Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 3:16Jas 5:13Ps 96:1-3Ps 98:1-4Matt 26:30Ps 95:1-2Eph 5:19Ps 40:10Ps 71:17Mal 3:16

1 Chronicles 16:10¹⁰Boast about his holy name. Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 7:7-8Jer 29:13Prov 8:17Ps 34:2Isa 55:6-7Isa 45:25Jer 9:23-241 Chr 28:91 Cor 1:30-31Isa 45:19

1 Chronicles 16:11¹¹Seek the Lord and the strength he gives. Seek his presence continually!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 27:8-9Zeph 2:2-3Ps 68:35Ps 24:6Ps 67:1Ps 4:6Amos 5:62 Chr 6:41Ps 78:61

1 Chronicles 16:12¹²Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 111:4Ps 103:2Ps 119:20Ps 119:137Ps 119:75Rom 11:331 Chr 16:8-9Ps 119:13Ps 19:9Ps 77:11

1 Chronicles 16:13¹³O children of Israel, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:9Exod 19:5-6Ps 135:4Deut 7:6Gen 17:7Gen 28:13-14Gen 35:10-12

1 Chronicles 16:14¹⁴He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 26:9Ps 48:10-11Exod 15:2Ps 100:31 Chr 16:12Ps 118:28Ps 63:1Ps 95:7Ps 97:8-9

1 Chronicles 16:15¹⁵Remember continually his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations—Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 105:8Deut 7:9Mal 4:4Ps 25:10Ps 44:17

1 Chronicles 16:16¹⁶the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 17:2Gen 26:3Gen 35:11Gal 3:15-17Gen 15:18Acts 3:25Exod 3:15Gen 12:7Gen 22:16-18Gen 28:13-14

1 Chronicles 16:17¹⁷He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 17:7-8Gen 35:11-122 Sam 23:5Exod 3:17Heb 13:20Isa 55:3Jer 11:2Josh 24:11-13Ps 78:10

1 Chronicles 16:18¹⁸saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 13:15Deut 32:8Num 26:53-56Gen 12:7Gen 17:8Gen 28:13-14Gen 35:11-12Mic 2:5

1 Chronicles 16:19¹⁹When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 7:7Gen 34:30Heb 11:13Acts 7:5

1 Chronicles 16:20²⁰they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 46:3Gen 46:6Gen 12:10Gen 20:1

1 Chronicles 16:21²¹He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 20:3Gen 12:17Gen 31:29Exod 7:15-18Exod 9:13-18Gen 31:24Gen 31:42

1 Chronicles 16:22²²saying, “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 20:7Ps 105:15Gen 49:8-101 John 2:271 Kgs 19:16Gen 48:19-20Gen 27:39-40

1 Chronicles 16:23²³Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Announce every day how he delivers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 96:1-13Isa 51:6-8Ps 71:15Isa 12:51 Chr 16:9Exod 15:21Ps 30:4Ps 40:10

1 Chronicles 16:24²⁴Tell the nations about his splendor, tell all the nations about his miraculous deeds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 12:2-6Ps 22:27Dan 4:1-32 Kgs 19:19

1 Chronicles 16:25²⁵For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 10:6-10Ps 66:3-5Ps 89:7Rev 15:3-4Exod 15:11Ps 144:3-6Ps 76:7Isa 40:12-17Jer 5:22

1 Chronicles 16:26²⁶For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 42:5Isa 44:24Ps 102:25Isa 40:26Lev 19:41 Cor 8:4Acts 19:26Isa 44:9-20Jer 10:10-14Ps 115:4-8

1 Chronicles 16:27²⁷Majestic splendor emanates from him, he is the source of strength and joy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 96:6Ps 16:11Ps 28:7-8Ps 43:2-4Ps 63:2-3Ps 8:1John 17:24Ps 27:4-6

1 Chronicles 16:28²⁸Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:10Phil 4:13Ps 100:1-22 Cor 12:9-10Eph 1:17-19Ps 29:1-2Ps 115:1-2Ps 66:1-2Ps 68:341 Chr 29:10-14

1 Chronicles 16:29²⁹Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his presence! Worship the Lord in holy attire!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 100:4Ps 96:9Isa 6:3Ps 108:3-5Ps 96:6Ps 95:2Ps 29:2Ps 72:15Ps 89:5-8Rev 4:9-11

1 Chronicles 16:30³⁰Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is established, it cannot be moved.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 1:3Ps 33:9Ps 148:5-6Ps 93:1Rev 11:151 Chr 16:231 Chr 16:25Col 1:17Isa 49:8Jer 10:12

1 Chronicles 16:31³¹Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the nations say, “The Lord reigns!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 96:10Ps 97:1Ps 99:1Rev 19:6Ps 93:1-2Isa 49:13Ps 98:4Isa 33:22Isa 44:23Luke 15:10

1 Chronicles 16:32³²Let the sea and everything in it shout! Let the fields and everything in them celebrate!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 98:7-8Isa 44:23Ps 148:9-10Ps 93:4

1 Chronicles 16:33³³Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 96:12-13Ps 98:92 Pet 3:142 Thess 1:8Ezek 17:22-24Rev 11:17-182 Thess 1:10

1 Chronicles 16:34³⁴Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 106:12 Chr 7:3Ezra 3:11Ps 107:1Ps 136:1-262 Chr 5:13Jer 33:11Ps 118:1

1 Chronicles 16:35³⁵Say this prayer: “Deliver us, O God who delivers us! Gather us! Rescue us from the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 106:47-481 Pet 2:9Ps 79:9-101 Pet 2:5Isa 43:21Ps 14:71 Chr 16:9-101 Cor 1:31Eph 1:12Isa 45:25

1 Chronicles 16:36³⁶May the Lord God of Israel be praised, in the future and forevermore. Then all the people said, “We agree! Praise the Lord.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 8:15Ps 72:18-191 Kgs 8:56Neh 8:6Eph 1:31 Cor 14:161 Pet 1:3Jer 28:6Ps 106:48Deut 27:15-26

1 Chronicles 16:37³⁷David 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,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 8:14Ezra 3:41 Chr 15:17-241 Chr 16:4-61 Chr 25:1-6

1 Chronicles 16:38³⁸including Obed-Edom and sixty-eight colleagues. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were gatekeepers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 26:101 Chr 13:141 Chr 25:31 Chr 26:4-8

1 Chronicles 16:39³⁹Zadok the priest and his fellow priests served before the Lord ’s tabernacle at the worship center in Gibeon,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 3:41 Chr 15:111 Chr 12:281 Chr 21:292 Chr 1:132 Chr 1:3-4

1 Chronicles 16:40⁴⁰regularly offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord on the altar for burnt sacrifice, morning and evening, according to what is prescribed in the law of the Lord which he charged Israel to observe.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 28:3-8Exod 29:38-421 Kgs 18:292 Chr 2:42 Chr 31:3Amos 4:4Dan 9:21Ezek 46:13-15Ezra 3:3

1 Chronicles 16:41⁴¹Joining them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord. (For his loyal love endures!)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 5:131 Chr 25:1-61 Chr 16:341 Chr 6:332 Chr 20:212 Chr 7:3Ezra 3:11Num 1:17Ps 103:171 Chr 16:37

1 Chronicles 16:42⁴²Heman and Jeduthun were in charge of the music, including the trumpets, cymbals, and the other musical instruments used in praising God. The sons of Jeduthun guarded the entrance.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 150:3-6Ps 84:101 Chr 25:6-72 Chr 29:25-282 Chr 7:6

1 Chronicles 16:43⁴³Then all the people returned to their homes, and David went to pronounce a blessing on his family.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 6:19-201 Kgs 8:66Gen 18:19Josh 24:15Ps 101:2