1 Chronicles 15:16 Meaning and Explanation
“And 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.”
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What Does 1 Chronicles 15:16 Mean?
David instructs the Levite chiefs to appoint singers and players of psalteries, harps, and cymbals, that the ark be brought up with the voice lifted in joy. Music is woven into the heart of this sacred procession.
Worship overflows into song. The God who is honored by reverent order is also honored by gladness, and David enlists every art to express it. The joyful noise before the ark anticipates the praise of all creation before its King, where lifted voices and instruments together magnify the Lord.
1 Chronicles 15:16 in the Original Language
simchah (שִׂמְחָה), 'joy' -- glad rejoicing, the delight that breaks into song before the Lord.
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What does 1 Chronicles 15:16 mean?
David directs that singers and musicians be appointed to accompany the ark with joyful sound.