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1 Chronicles 16:39

1 Chronicles 16:39
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And with them,.... That is, with Zadok, and the priests with him at Gibeon:

he left Heman and Jeduthun: or Ethan, two principal singers:

and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

1 Chronicles 16:4-42

This passage is interposed by the writer of Chronicles between two sentences of the parallel passage in Samuel. It contains a detailed account of the service which David instituted at this time, a…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Zadok the priest - Both Zadok and Abiathar were high priests at this time: the former David established at Gibeah, or Gibeon, where the ark had been all the days of Saul; and the latter he established…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 16:37-43

The worship of God is not only to be the work of a solemn day now and then, brought in to grace a triumph; but it ought to be the work of every day. David therefore settles it here for a constancy,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place thatwas at Gibeon See prefatory note to ch. 13.