1 Chronicles 16:6
New International Version
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

New Living Translation
The priests, Benaiah and Jahaziel, played the trumpets regularly before the Ark of God’s Covenant.

English Standard Version
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

Berean Standard Bible
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

King James Bible
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

New King James Version
Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests regularly blew the trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God.

New American Standard Bible
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

NASB 1995
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

NASB 1977
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

Legacy Standard Bible
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

Amplified Bible
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

Christian Standard Bible
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

American Standard Version
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

Contemporary English Version
and the two priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets every day in front of the sacred chest.

English Revised Version
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The priests Benaiah and Jahaziel played trumpets all the time in front of the ark of God's promise.

Good News Translation
and two priests, Benaiah and Jahaziel, were to blow trumpets regularly in front of the Covenant Box.

International Standard Version
The priests Benaiah and Jahaziel played the trumpets continually in the presence of the Ark of the Covenant of God.

Majority Standard Bible
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

NET Bible
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of God's covenant.

New Heart English Bible
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

Webster's Bible Translation
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

World English Bible
with Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests [are] continually [sounding] with trumpets before the Ark of the Covenant of God.

Young's Literal Translation
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests are with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

Smith's Literal Translation
And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But Banaias, and Jaziel the priests, to sound the trumpet continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Truly, the priests, Benaiah and Jahaziel, were to sound the trumpet continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

New American Bible
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to be the regular trumpeters before the ark of the covenant of God.

New Revised Standard Version
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly, before the ark of the covenant of God.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
These were all the priests who sounded with trumpets continually before the ark of the LORD.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
These all are the Priests who sound with horns constantly before the Ark of LORD JEHOVAH.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and Banaeas and Oziel the priests sounding continually with trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God in that day.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Tent for the Ark
5Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals 6and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

Cross References
2 Samuel 6:18-20
When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts. / Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home. / When David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”

1 Chronicles 15:16-24
David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals. / So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah; / and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel. ...

1 Chronicles 23:5
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”

1 Chronicles 25:1-7
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service: / From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. / From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD. ...

2 Chronicles 5:12-13
all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. / The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud

2 Chronicles 29:25-28
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets. / The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. / And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. ...

Nehemiah 12:24
The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.

Psalm 81:1-3
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. / Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. / Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

Psalm 150:3-5
Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. / Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. / Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.

Exodus 28:1
“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.

Numbers 10:8
The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.

Numbers 31:6
And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.

1 Samuel 6:15
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.

2 Samuel 6:5
David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

2 Kings 11:14
And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”


Treasury of Scripture

Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

with trumpets

Numbers 10:8
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

2 Chronicles 5:12,13
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) …

2 Chronicles 13:12
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

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1 Chronicles 16
1. David's festival sacrifice
4. He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving
7. The psalm of thanksgiving
37. He appoints ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend the ark














and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel
Benaiah and Jahaziel were Levites, a tribe set apart for priestly duties. Benaiah is a common name in the Old Testament, often associated with valor and leadership. Jahaziel, meaning "God sees," indicates divine insight or revelation. Their roles as priests highlight the importance of spiritual leadership in worship and the maintenance of the covenant relationship with God. The mention of specific priests underscores the organized and communal nature of worship in Israel.

blew the trumpets regularly
Trumpets, often made from ram's horns (shofar) or silver, were used in Israel for various purposes, including worship, signaling, and warfare. The regular blowing of trumpets signifies ongoing worship and the constant reminder of God's presence and covenant. This act is reminiscent of the trumpets used at Jericho (Joshua 6) and in the future prophetic events described in Revelation. It symbolizes the proclamation of God's sovereignty and the call to worship.

before the ark of the covenant of God
The Ark of the Covenant was the most sacred object in Israel, representing God's presence and His covenant with His people. It contained the tablets of the Law, Aaron's rod, and manna, symbolizing God's guidance, authority, and provision. The Ark's presence in the tabernacle and later the temple was central to Israel's worship. The priests ministering before the Ark emphasize the holiness and reverence due to God. This scene foreshadows Christ, who is the ultimate fulfillment of the Law and the embodiment of God's presence among His people.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Benaiah
A priest who played a significant role in the religious ceremonies of Israel. He is often associated with leadership and bravery in the service of God.

2. Jahaziel
Another priest involved in the worship practices, emphasizing the importance of priestly duties in maintaining the spiritual life of the nation.

3. The Ark of the Covenant
A sacred chest that held the tablets of the Ten Commandments, symbolizing God's presence and covenant with Israel.

4. Trumpets
Used in various religious ceremonies, the blowing of trumpets signified important events and was a call to worship and remembrance of God's covenant.

5. Regularly
Indicates the ongoing, consistent nature of worship and the importance of maintaining a continual relationship with God.
Teaching Points
The Role of Priests in Worship
Priests like Benaiah and Jahaziel were essential in leading the people in worship. Today, spiritual leaders play a crucial role in guiding congregations in faithful worship and service to God.

The Significance of the Ark
The Ark of the Covenant was central to Israel's worship, symbolizing God's presence. In our lives, we must prioritize God's presence and His Word as central to our faith journey.

Consistency in Worship
The regular blowing of trumpets signifies the importance of consistent worship practices. Believers are encouraged to maintain regular spiritual disciplines such as prayer, Bible study, and fellowship.

Symbolism of Trumpets
Trumpets were used to announce significant events and call people to action. In our spiritual lives, we should be attentive to God's calls and ready to respond in obedience.

Covenant Relationship with God
The Ark represented God's covenant with Israel. As Christians, we are reminded of our covenant relationship with God through Jesus Christ and are called to live in faithfulness to Him.(6) Jahaziel.--Not mentioned in 1 Chronicles 15, unless he be the Eliezer of 1Chronicles 16:24. The number of these musicians is twelve, suggesting the twelve tribes of Israel.

With trumpets.--Clarions, or straight trumpets.

Continually.--The Hebrew term is a special one, denoting at fixed and regularly recurring services.

Verse 6. - Jahaziel. Probably the Eliezer, who in 1 Chronicles 15:24 is coupled as priest with Benaiah, should stand in the place of this name or else vice versa.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
and the priests
הַכֹּהֲנִ֑ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3548: Priest

Benaiah
וּבְנָיָ֥הוּ (ū·ḇə·nā·yā·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1141: Benaiah -- 'Yah has built up', the name of several Israelites

and Jahaziel
וְיַחֲזִיאֵ֖ל (wə·ya·ḥă·zî·’êl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3166: Jahaziel -- 'God sees', the name of several Israelites

blew the trumpets
בַּחֲצֹצְר֣וֹת (ba·ḥă·ṣō·ṣə·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2689: (an ancient) trumpet

regularly
תָּמִ֔יד (tā·mîḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 8548: Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice

before
לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the ark
אֲר֥וֹן (’ă·rō·wn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 727: A chest, ark

of the covenant
בְּרִית־ (bə·rîṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 1285: A covenant

of God.
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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