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    "language": "en",
    "book": "1-chronicles",
    "chapter": 16
  },
  "data": {
    "n": 16,
    "bookSlug": "1-chronicles",
    "bookCode": "1CH",
    "refId": "",
    "title": "",
    "translation": null,
    "segments": [],
    "lines": [],
    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "1CH-16:1",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.1",
        "text": "They brought in God’s ark, and set it in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God."
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "1CH-16:2",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.2",
        "text": "When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in Yahweh’s name."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "1CH-16:3",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.3",
        "text": "He gave to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "1CH-16:4",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.4",
        "text": "He appointed some of the Levites to minister before Yahweh’s ark, and to commemorate, to thank, and to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel:"
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "1CH-16:5",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.5",
        "text": "Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with stringed instruments and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;"
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "1CH-16:6",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.6",
        "text": "with Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "1CH-16:7",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.7",
        "text": "Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to Yahweh, by the hand of Asaph and his brothers."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "1CH-16:8",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.8",
        "text": "Oh give thanks to Yahweh.\nCall on his name.\nMake what he has done known among the peoples."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "1CH-16:9",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.9",
        "text": "Sing to him.\nSing praises to him.\nTell of all his marvelous works."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "1CH-16:10",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.10",
        "text": "Glory in his holy name.\nLet the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "1CH-16:11",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.11",
        "text": "Seek Yahweh and his strength.\nSeek his face forever more."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "1CH-16:12",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.12",
        "text": "Remember his marvelous works that he has done,\nhis wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,"
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "1CH-16:13",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.13",
        "text": "you offspring of Israel his servant,\nyou children of Jacob, his chosen ones."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "1CH-16:14",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.14",
        "text": "He is Yahweh our God.\nHis judgments are in all the earth."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "1CH-16:15",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.15",
        "text": "Remember his covenant forever,\nthe word which he commanded to a thousand generations,"
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "1CH-16:16",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.16",
        "text": "the covenant which he made with Abraham,\nhis oath to Isaac."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "1CH-16:17",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.17",
        "text": "He confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute,\nand to Israel for an everlasting covenant,"
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "1CH-16:18",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.18",
        "text": "saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan,\nThe lot of your inheritance,”"
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "1CH-16:19",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.19",
        "text": "when you were but a few men in number,\nyes, very few, and foreigners were in it."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "1CH-16:20",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.20",
        "text": "They went about from nation to nation,\nfrom one kingdom to another people."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "1CH-16:21",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.21",
        "text": "He allowed no man to do them wrong.\nYes, he reproved kings for their sakes,"
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "1CH-16:22",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.22",
        "text": "“Don’t touch my anointed ones!\nDo my prophets no harm!”"
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "1CH-16:23",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.23",
        "text": "Sing to Yahweh, all the earth!\nDisplay his salvation from day to day."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "1CH-16:24",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.24",
        "text": "Declare his glory among the nations,\nand his marvelous works among all the peoples."
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "1CH-16:25",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.25",
        "text": "For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised.\nHe also is to be feared above all gods."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "1CH-16:26",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.26",
        "text": "For all the gods of the peoples are idols,\nbut Yahweh made the heavens."
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "1CH-16:27",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.27",
        "text": "Honor and majesty are before him.\nStrength and gladness are in his place."
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "1CH-16:28",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.28",
        "text": "Ascribe to Yahweh, you relatives of the peoples,\nascribe to Yahweh glory and strength!"
      },{
        "n": 29,
        "refId": "1CH-16:29",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.29",
        "text": "Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name.\nBring an offering, and come before him.\nWorship Yahweh in holy array."
      },{
        "n": 30,
        "refId": "1CH-16:30",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.30",
        "text": "Tremble before him, all the earth.\nThe world also is established that it can’t be moved."
      },{
        "n": 31,
        "refId": "1CH-16:31",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.31",
        "text": "Let the heavens be glad,\nand let the earth rejoice!\nLet them say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns!”"
      },{
        "n": 32,
        "refId": "1CH-16:32",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.32",
        "text": "Let the sea roar, and its fullness!\nLet the field exult, and all that is in it!"
      },{
        "n": 33,
        "refId": "1CH-16:33",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.33",
        "text": "Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh,\nfor he comes to judge the earth."
      },{
        "n": 34,
        "refId": "1CH-16:34",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.34",
        "text": "Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,\nfor his loving kindness endures forever."
      },{
        "n": 35,
        "refId": "1CH-16:35",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.35",
        "text": "Say, “Save us, God of our salvation!\nGather us together and deliver us from the nations,\nto give thanks to your holy name,\nto triumph in your praise.”"
      },{
        "n": 36,
        "refId": "1CH-16:36",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.36",
        "text": "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,\nfrom everlasting even to everlasting.\nAll the people said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh."
      },{
        "n": 37,
        "refId": "1CH-16:37",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.37",
        "text": "So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required;"
      },{
        "n": 38,
        "refId": "1CH-16:38",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.38",
        "text": "and Obed-Edom with their brothers, sixty-eight; Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;"
      },{
        "n": 39,
        "refId": "1CH-16:39",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.39",
        "text": "and Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before Yahweh’s tabernacle in the high place that was at Gibeon,"
      },{
        "n": 40,
        "refId": "1CH-16:40",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.40",
        "text": "to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in Yahweh’s law, which he commanded to Israel;"
      },{
        "n": 41,
        "refId": "1CH-16:41",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.41",
        "text": "and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because his loving kindness endures forever;"
      },{
        "n": 42,
        "refId": "1CH-16:42",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.42",
        "text": "and 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."
      },{
        "n": 43,
        "refId": "1CH-16:43",
        "verseRef": "1CH.16.43",
        "text": "All the people departed, each man to his house; and David returned to bless his house."
      }
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