KJV King James Version
So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
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1 Chronicles 16:1
So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
WEB World English Bible
They brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
ASV American Standard Version
And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they bring in the ark of God, and set it up in the midst of the tent that David hath stretched out for it, and they bring near burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God;
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 16
1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon [of wine].
4 And 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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וַיָּבִ֙יאוּ֙H935 · boto come (in): comeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲר֣וֹןH727 · a.ronarkהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוַיַּצִּ֣יגוּH3322 · ya.tsagto setאֹת֔וֹH853 · et[Obj.]בְּת֣וֹךְH8432 · ta.vekhmidstהָאֹ֔הֶלH168 · o.heltentאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichנָֽטָה־H5186 · na.tahto stretchל֖וֹH9033 · ohimדָּוִ֑ידH1732 · da.vidDavidוַיַּקְרִ֛יבוּH7126 · qa.ravto present: comeעֹל֥וֹתH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringוּשְׁלָמִ֖יםH8002 · she.lempeace offeringלִפְנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃H430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 15:1And [David] made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.Ezra 6:16-18And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,2 Chronicles 1:4But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to [the place which] David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.2 Samuel 6:17-19And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.1 Chronicles 15:12And 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.2 Chronicles 5:6-7Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.Psalm 132:8Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.1 Kings 8:5-6And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, [were] with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
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