Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were chosen to play the harps.
Parallel translations
- WEB and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;
- KJV And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
- BSB Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to Alamoth.
- NKJV Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with strings according to Alamoth;
- NASB and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with harps tuned to alamoth;
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Quick answer
A group of Levites played stringed instruments set to Alamoth. They contributed a particular tone to the worship ensemble.
Overview
Zechariah and others played harps tuned 'to Alamoth,' likely a higher pitch or a musical term for a specific mode or voice. The careful designation of instruments and tunings reveals a thoughtfully arranged worship ensemble. Such intentional musical artistry, offered to God, reflects the principle that worship should be both heartfelt and skillfully ordered for His glory.
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- Ps 46:1–11For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
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