1 Chronicles 16:6 (YLT)

Passage

and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests <FI>are<Fi> with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 16:4 And he putteth before the ark of Jehovah, of the Levites, ministers, even to make mention of, and to thank, and to give praise to Jehovah, God of Israel,

1 Chronicles 16:5 Asaph the head, and his second Zechariah; Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of psalteries, and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals is sounding;

1 Chronicles 16:6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests <FI>are<Fi> with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

1 Chronicles 16:7 On that day then hath David given at the beginning to give thanks to Jehovah by the hand of Asaph and his brethren: --

1 Chronicles 16:8 Give thanks to Jehovah, call in His name, Make known among the peoples His doings.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "benaiah", "jahaziel", "priests", "trumpets", "continually", "before", and "covenant". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "benaiah" and "jahaziel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Asaph the head and his second Zechariah..." into verse 7's "On that day then hath David given...", so "benaiah" and "jahaziel" belong inside that flow. In 1 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "benaiah" and "jahaziel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.