1 Chronicles 15
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
3And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
4And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
5Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
6Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
7Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
8Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
9Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
10Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
13For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
15And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
18And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
20And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
21And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
25So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
26And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
27And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
29And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH85316× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אָרוֹןʼârôwnH72715× in this chapter
a box
- בֵּןbênH112112× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- דָּוִדDâvidH173211× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- אָחʼâchH25111× in this chapter
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306811× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- לֵוִיִּיLêvîyîyH388111× in this chapter
a Levite or descendant of Levi
- שַׂרsarH826910× in this chapter
a head person (of any rank or class)
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4308× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- עֹבֵד אֱדוֹםʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwmH56548× in this chapter
Obed-Edom, the name of five Israelites
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34785× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כִּיkîyH35885× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- מֵאָהmêʼâhH39675× in this chapter
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53755× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- עָלָהʻâlâhH59275× in this chapter
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- בְּרִיתbᵉrîythH12854× in this chapter
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
- עַלʻalH59214× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- שִׁירshîyrH78914× in this chapter
to sing
- בְּנָיָהBᵉnâyâhH11413× in this chapter
Benajah, the name of twelve Israelites
- הָיָהhâyâhH19613× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- זְכַרְיָהZᵉkaryâhH21483× in this chapter
Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites
- יוֹאֵלYôwʼêlH31003× in this chapter
Joel, the name of twelve Israelites
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35483× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- כּוּןkûwnH35593× in this chapter
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
- כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כִּנּוֹרkinnôwrH36583× in this chapter
a harp
- לֹאlôʼH38083× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אֵלʼêlH4133× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מִןminH44803× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- מְצֵלֶתmᵉtsêlethH47003× in this chapter
(only dual) double tinklers, i.e. cymbals
- מַשָּׂאmassâʼH48533× in this chapter
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly adoom, especially singing; mental, desire
- נֶבֶלnebelH50353× in this chapter
a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5593× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- שׁוֹעֵרshôwʻêrH77783× in this chapter
a janitor
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80853× in this chapter
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- אַתָּהʼattâhH8593× in this chapter
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
- בַּיִתbayithH10042× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- בֶּרֶכְיָהBerekyâhH12962× in this chapter
Berekjah, the name of six Israelites
- הֵימָןHêymânH19682× in this chapter
Heman, the name of at least two Israelites
- אוּרִיאֵלʼÛwrîyʼêlH2222× in this chapter
Uriel, the name of two Israelites