So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.
Parallel translations
- WEB They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments, harps, and trumpets to Yahweh’s house.
- KJV And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
- NKJV So they came to Jerusalem, with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the Lord.
- NASB They came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres, and trumpets, to the house of the Lord.
- NLT They marched into Jerusalem to the music of harps, lyres, and trumpets, and they proceeded to the Temple of the Lord.
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Quick answer
After their enemies destroyed themselves, Judah returned to Jerusalem with joyful music to worship at the temple. Worship was both the beginning and the end of their victory.
Overview
Following the miraculous deliverance in the Valley of Beracah, Jehoshaphat's people came back to the temple with instruments to praise Yahweh. The same praise that had gone before the battle now celebrated its outcome, framing the whole event as an act of worship. Their joy points forward to the praise of the redeemed who triumph not by their own strength but through God's saving work in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 14:2–3And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of many waters and the loud rumbling of thunder. And the sound I heard was like harpists strumming their harps.
- 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.”
- 1 Chr 25:6All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.
- 1 Chr 13:8David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
- 2 Sam 6:5David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
- Ps 57:8Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
- Ps 92:3with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
- Ps 150:3–5Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
- Ps 149:3Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
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