1 Chronicles 15:16
1 Chronicles · Old Testament · Chapter 15
“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.”1 Chronicles 15:16
What Does 1 Chronicles 15:16 Mean?
1 Chronicles 15:16 is found in the book of 1 Chronicles, chapter 15, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Chronicles 15:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 150:5“Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.”Nehemiah 12:27“And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.”1 Chronicles 13:8“And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.”2 Chronicles 20:19“And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.”Psalms 33:2“Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.”2 Samuel 6:15“So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.”1 Chronicles 6:31“And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.”1 Chronicles 9:33“And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.”1 Chronicles 15:28“Thus 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.”1 Chronicles 16:42“And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.”1 Chronicles 23:5“Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.”1 Chronicles 25:1“Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:”2 Chronicles 5:12“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 5:13“It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;”2 Chronicles 7:6“And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.”2 Chronicles 29:25“And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.”Nehemiah 12:36“And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.”Amos 6:5“That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;”1 Chronicles 15:12“And 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.”1 Chronicles 15:19“So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;”
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