4And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
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And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. …
And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)It was a glorious day when the ark of God was safely lodged in the tent David had pitched for it. That good man had his heart much upon it, could not sleep contentedly till it was done, Ps. 132:4 , 5 . I. The circumstances of the ark were now, 1. Better than what they had been. It had been obscure in a country town, in the fields of the wood; now it was removed to a public place, to the royal city…
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