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Creation's Joyful Worship
The call for the heavens and earth to rejoice signifies that all of creation is invited into worship. Scholar Charles Ellicott points out a hidden literary feature: in the original Hebrew, the first letters of the phrase 'Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice' form an acrostic of God's name, 'Jehovah' (YHWH), embedding His very name into the call for creation's joy.
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1 Chronicles
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Chronicles 16:4–42
18th Century
Theologian
The writer of Chronicles inserted this passage between two sentences of the parallel passage in Samuel. It contains a detailed account of the worsh…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Chronicles 16:23–33
19th Century
Bishop
See Psalm 96. This psalm, in the Psalter, consists of five strophes or stanzas of six lines each—an artistic arrangement that has been violated her…
John Gill
On 1 Chronicles 16:31
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on Psalms 95:9)
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Chronicles 16:7–36
17th Century
Minister
Let God be glorified in our praises. Let others be edified and taught, that strangers to Him may be led to adore Him. Let us ourselves triumph and …