Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 16:7
On that day David first committed to Asaph and his associates this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David appoints Asaph and his associates to lead thanksgiving to the Lord on that day, immediately following the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blowing trumpets before the ark.
The words — נָתַ֤ן (na.Tan) means "he appointed," and בָּ/רֹ֔אשׁ (ba./Rosh) denotes "at the first" or "first time."
The thread — This appointment parallels the deliverance song in 2 Samuel 22:1 and Psalms 18:1, while 2 Samuel 23:1 records David’s final oracle.
Why it lands — The text establishes a formal transfer of worship leadership and directs the community to publicly declare God’s deeds among the nations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the Lord into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 22:1 And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 23:1 These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
- Psalms 18:1 For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
- 2 Chronicles 29:30 Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.
- Nehemiah 12:24 The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
- Psalms 12:1 For the choirmaster. According to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.