1-Chronicles - 16:6



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

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Chronicles 16:6.

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But Banaias, and Jaziel the priests, to sound the trumpet continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
And Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests, blowing horns all the time before the ark of the agreement of God.
Truly, the priests, Benaiah and Jahaziel, were to sound the trumpet continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests,.... These were appointed to blow
with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; morning and evening.

Benaiah also and Jahaziel--The name of the former is mentioned among the priests (1-Chronicles 15:24), but not the latter. The office assigned to them was that of blowing trumpets at regular intervals before the ark and in the tabernacle.

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