Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus all Israel brought the ark of Yahweh’s covenant up with shouting, with sound of the cornet, with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with stringed instruments and harps.
- BSB So 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.
- NKJV Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn, with trumpets and with cymbals, making music with stringed instruments and harps.
- NASB So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps, and lyres.
- NLT So all Israel brought up the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant with shouts of joy, the blowing of rams’ horns and trumpets, the crashing of cymbals, and loud playing on harps and lyres.
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All Israel brought the ark up with shouting, trumpets, cymbals, and stringed instruments. The whole nation rejoiced loudly in the presence of their God.
Overview
This exuberant, many-instrumented procession shows corporate worship at its fullest, with the entire community celebrating God's presence among them. The variety of sounds and the unity of the people picture worship as both heartfelt and ordered. Such joyful praise anticipates the gathered worship of God's redeemed people, who in Christ are brought near to rejoice before Him.
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- 1 Chr 13:8And 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.
- 1 Chr 15:16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
- 2 Chr 5:12–13Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
- Ps 150:3–5Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
- Ps 68:25The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
- Ps 98:4–6Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
- 2 Sam 6:15So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
- Ps 47:1–5O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
- Ezra 3:10–11And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
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