1 Chronicles 16:6
What does 1 Chronicles 16:6 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 16:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, blowing horns all the time before the ark of the agreement of God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests <FI>are<Fi> with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But Banaias, and Jaziel the priests, to sound the trumpet continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant ofGod.
Context
v.5Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;
v.6This passage
v.7Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto Jehovah, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12
also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brethren, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets);
- 2 Chronicles 29:26
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12
And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
- Numbers 10:8
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute for ever throughout your generations.
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