David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
Parallel translations
- WEB David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with trumpets.
- KJV And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
- NKJV Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.
- NASB David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
- NLT David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
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David and all Israel celebrated before God with wholehearted music and song. Their joyful, exuberant worship accompanied the ark's procession.
Overview
The scene overflows with energetic praise, harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets, as David and the nation worshiped 'with all their might.' The sincerity and joy of their devotion is genuine and commendable. Yet the very next verses reveal that heartfelt enthusiasm, however real, does not excuse disregarding God's appointed order for handling holy things.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 150:3–5Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
- 2 Sam 6:5–23David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
- 1 Chr 15:28So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
- 1 Chr 15:10–24and from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the chief and 112 of his relatives.
- Ps 47:5God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.
- Ps 68:25–27The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
- 1 Chr 16:5Asaph 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
- 1 Chr 23:54,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
- Dan 3:5–7As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
- 1 Chr 25:1–6Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
- 1 Sam 10:5After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
- 2 Kgs 3:15But now, bring me a harpist.” And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha
- 1 Chr 16:42Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
- Amos 6:5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
- Amos 5:23Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
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