And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments, harps, and trumpets to Yahweh’s house.
- BSB So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.
- 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.
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Cross-references · 9
- Rev 14:2–3And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
- 1 Chr 23:5Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
- 1 Chr 25:6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
- 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.
- 2 Sam 6:5And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
- Ps 57:8Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
- Ps 92:3Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
- Ps 150:3–5Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
- Ps 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
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