All the people departed, each man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
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All the people departed, each man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
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And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
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And all the people departed every man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 16:43 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 6:19-20 He gave to all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a portion of bread, dates, and raisins. So all the people departed, each to his own house. Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious the king of Israel was today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”
- 1 Kings 8:66 On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their hearts for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
- Genesis 18:19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
- Joshua 24:15 If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
- Psalms 101:2 I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Declaring that after our duty to God we are…
Declaring that after our duty to God we are chiefly bound to our own house, for the which as for all other things we ought to pray unto God, and instruct our families to praise his Name.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 16:43 And all the people departed every man…
1Ch 16:43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
Ver. 43. And David returned to bless his house.] See on 2Sa 6:20.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Bless, or feast, (Du Hamel) with his family, on…
Bless, or feast, (Du Hamel) with his family, on part of the sacred victims. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (43) This verse is a duplicate of 2Sa_6:19-20 a.
(43) This verse is a duplicate of 2Sa_6:19-20 a.
Departed.—Plural; Samuel has singular.
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Returned.—Rather, went round (1Ch_10:14). Samuel has “returned,” which in Hebrew is very similar.
The incident which in 2Sa_6:20-23 here follows (Michal’s encounter with David) is omitted by the chronicler as a matter of purely domestic interest, and therefore out of place in his history, which is mainly concerned with the sacred institutions. 1Ch_15:29, however, plainly implies the story.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Ver. 43. (See 2Sa_6:19, 2Sa_6:20)
Ver. 43. (See 2Sa_6:19, 2Sa_6:20)
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And all the people departed, every man to his…
1Ch_16:43
And all the people departed, every man to his house
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On family worship
Public exercises of religion, when properly conducted, have a happy tendency to prepare the mind for those of a more private nature.
Our text tells us that David returned to bless his house--that is, to present them to God in prayer and entreat His blessing upon them. This suggests the duty of family prayer.
I. This duty is a practice by which good men have been distinguished in every age.
II. Family prayer is a natural and necessary acknowledgment of the dependence of families upon God, and of the innumerable obligations they are under to His goodness.
III. This duty is enforced by its tendency, under the blessing of God, to form the minds of children and servants to the love and practice of religion.
IV. Family worship may be expected to have a most beneficial influence on the character and conduct of the heads of families themselves.
V. Probable pleas which will be urged for the neglect of this duty.
1. Want of ability. Answer--
(1) Forms of prayer may be used with advantage.
(2) The plea of mental inability will not stand the test of examination, unless it include an incapacity to read.
(3) It is more than probable that those who complain of this inability have never made the trial, and consequently never can form any accurate judgment of their qualifications.
2. Want of time. Consider on what principle this plea depends: that religion is not the grand concern; that there is something more important than the service of God; that the pleasing and glorifying our Maker is not the great end of human existence--a fatal delusion, a soul-destroying mistake.
3. It has been neglected so long that they know not how to begin.
VI. Hints on the practice.
1. Let it ever be joined with reading the Scriptures.
2. Let it be constant.
3. Attend with a full decision of mind, with the utmost seriousness.
4. Seek the aid of the Spirit. (Robert Hall, M. A.)
Davids attention to his household
I. The work in which he had been engaged: the bringing up the ark to Jerusalem. A glorious work--
1. In itself.
2. As typical of Christs ascension into heaven (Psa_24:1-10; Psa_47:1-9; Psa_68:1-35; Psa_132:1-18.).
II. The work to which he returned: to bless his house.
1. To obtain blessings for them by his prayers.
2. To render himself a blessing to them by his conduct.
Learn--
1. How highly we are privileged. The ark, even the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, is present in the midst of us.
2. In what way we should improve our privileges. We should endeavour to communicate the benefit of them to others. (Skeletons of Sermons.)
Domestic duties
We cannot always live in public; it is true that we have tent work to do, temple work etc., but when all that is external or public has been done, every man must bless his own home, make his own children glad, make his own hearthstone as bright as he possibly can, and fill his own house with music and gladness. (J. Parker, D. D.)
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