1 Chronicles 16:39

37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required:

38 And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:

And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,

40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;

41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
KJV
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
WEB
and Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests, before the LORD’s tabernacle in the high place that was at Gibeon,
ASV
and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon,
DARBY
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon,
BLB
and Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of YHWH at the high place that [was] in Gibeon,
ÅB
Men presten Sadok og hans brødre prestene lot han bli foran Herrens tabernakel på haugen i Gibeon.
OTB
Han lot presten Sadok og hans brødre prestene bli foran Herrens tabernakel på det høye stedet som var i Gibeon,
B1930
Men presten Sadok og hans brødre prestene lot han bli foran Herrens tabernakel på haugen i Gibeon.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 3:4

    And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:11

    And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

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  • 1 Chronicles 12:28

    And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains.

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  • 2 Chronicles 1:13

    Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

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  • 2 Chronicles 1:3–4

    So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:29

    For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.

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