1 Chronicles 16:8

“This passage is interposed by the writer of Chronicles between two sentences of the parallel passage in Samuel. It contains a detailed account of the service which David instituted at this time, a service out of which grew the more elaborate service of the temple. The language of much of the passage is remarkably archaic, and there can be no reasonable doubt that it is in the main an extract from a record of the time of David. 1 Chronicles 16:5 The occurrence of the name “Jeiel” twice in this list is considered suspicious. Hence, the first “Jeiel” is thought to be a corrupt reading for “Aziel” 1 Chronicles 15:20, or “Jaaziel” 1 Chronicles 15:18. 1 Chronicles 16:8 The Psalm here put before us…”

“Give thanks: This beautiful hymn, to the Ch1 16:22, is nearly the same as Psa 105:1-15; from the Ch1 16:23 to the Ch1 16:33 it accords with Psa 96:1-13; and the conclusion agrees with Psa. 106, with the addition of Ch1 16:34-36. Psa 105:1-15 call: Isa 12:4; Act 9:14; Co1 1:2 make: Kg1 8:43; Kg2 19:19; Psa 67:2-4, Psa 78:3-6, Psa 145:5, Psa 145:6 1 Chronicles 16:9”

“This hymn forms a connected and uniform whole. Beginning with a summons to praise the Lord, and to seek His face ( Ch1 16:8-11), the singer exhorts his people to remember the wondrous works of the Lord ( Ch1 16:12-14), and the covenant which He made with the patriarchs to give them the land of Canaan ( Ch1 16:15-18), and confirms his exhortation by pointing out how the Lord, in fulfilment of His promise, had mightily and gloriously defended the patriarchs ( Ch1 16:19-22). But all the world also are to praise Him as the only true and almighty God ( Ch1 16:23-27), and all peoples do homage to Him with sacrificial gifts ( Ch1 16:28-30); and that His kingdom may be acknowledged among the…”