📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 16:6
What does 1 Chronicles 16:6 mean?
"with Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God."
— 1 Chronicles 16:6 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He gave to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins.
He appointed some of the Levites to minister before Yahweh’s ark, and to commemorate, to thank, and to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:
Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with stringed instruments and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;
with Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to Yahweh, by the hand of Asaph and his brothers.
Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make what he has done known among the peoples.
Sing to him. Sing praises to him. Tell of all his marvelous works.
Explanation
This verse comes from the account of King David bringing the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem and establishing an ongoing system of worship around it. In plain terms, it tells us that two priests, Benaiah and Jahaziel, were assigned the specific task of blowing trumpets continually in front of the ark of God. This was not a one-time ceremonial gesture but an ongoing, regular duty — part of a structured order of worship that David set up.
The book of 1 Chronicles was written after Israel's exile in Babylon, likely by a priestly or Levitical author (traditionally associated with Ezra), addressed to a community of
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