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Obed-Edom: A Korhite Levite: Appointed to Minister Before the Ark of the Covenant

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1 Chronicles 16:4, 5, 37, 38 David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel. / Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals / So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,