1-Chronicles - 16:2



2 When David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Chronicles 16:2.

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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.
And when David had made an end of offering holocausts, and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.
And when David had ended offering up the burnt-offerings and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah.
and David ceaseth from offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, and blesseth the people in the name of Jehovah,
And when David had come to an end of making the burned offerings and peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord.
And when David had completed offering holocausts and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

He blessed the people - "He blessed the people in the name of the Word of the Lord." - T.

And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he (a) blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
(a) He called upon the Name of God, desiring him to prosper the people, and give good success to their beginnings.

DAVID'S FESTIVAL SACRIFICE AND LIBERALITY TO THE PEOPLE. (1-Chronicles 16:1-6)
he blessed the people in the name of the Lord--The king commended their zeal, supplicated the divine blessing upon them, and ordered the remains of the thank offerings which had been profusely sacrificed during the procession, to be distributed in certain proportions to every individual, that the ceremonial might terminate with appropriate festivities (Deuteronomy 12:7).

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