tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon, 40to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded unto Israel; 41and 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; 42and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God: and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate. 43And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
17And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house,
the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon] See prefatory note to ch. xiii.; and 2 Chr. i. 3.
40. the altar of burnt offering] 2 Chr. i. 5, 6.
morning and evening] Ex. xxix. 38, 39 (= Num. xxviii. 3, 4).
41. Jeduthun] Pss. xxxix., lxii., lxxvii. (titles). In vi. 33—47, xv. 17, 19 the names of the leading singers are given as Heman, Asaph, and Ethan. Here and in xxv. 1 ff. however Jeduthun seems to take the place of Ethan. Probably there was a variation in the tradition as to the third name, two families competing each for the honour of its own ancestor.
42. and with them, etc.] The words with them are possibly repeated in error from ver. 41. Render perhaps, And Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals. For trumpets cp. xv. 24 (note).
sons of Jeduthun] Perhaps a gloss connected with the statement in ver. 38, where see note on Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun.
to be at the gate] David's organisation of the doorkeepers is given in xxvi. 1—19.
Ch. XVII. 1—27 (= 2 Sam. vii. 1—29). God's Answer to
David's expressed desire to build a Temple.
David's Thanksgiving.
This passage is a reproduction with some omissions and variations of 2 Sam. vii. The text is generally smoother in Chron., and in some cases (e.g. in ver. 6) we cannot doubt that the Chronicler has preserved an older and better reading than the present text of Sam., whilst in other instances the Chronicler has consciously emended his text of Sam.
1. in his house] Sam. adds, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies round about. The Chronicler omits these words probably
