As David divides the Levites into their temple duties, we see a few names that we've seen before.
First of all, Shimei. Is this the Shimei who taunted David when the king was down and who sought and got forgiveness from David later? If so, it's pretty cool that David has Shimei and his family involved with the building of the temple. It's not just enough to forgive. Forgiveness must be acted upon. And this is a deep act of forgiveness.
Then there's Obed-Edom, the guy who kept the Ark at his home for three months while David figured out what to do with it. Not only was Obed-Edom blessed during those three months but the scripture says plainly here "God blessed Obed-Edom." [1 Chron. 26:5] And, boy, was he blessed. There were 62 descendants of Obed-Edom at the time of this record prior to the building of the temple. I wonder if Obed spoke with God while the Ark was at his house? What happened during those three months? What miraculous things showed God's presence and power and how He blessed Obed-Edom.
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