and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with the trumpets;
Parallel translations
- WEB and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
- KJV And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
- BSB as well as the priests with their trumpets—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah—
- NKJV and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Minjamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
- NLT We went together with the trumpet-playing priests—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah—
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Named priests stood with trumpets as part of the assembled worship. It matters because the ordained priests led the trumpet praise according to God's appointed pattern.
Overview
This lists the priests, including Eliakim and Zechariah, who sounded trumpets in the temple assembly. Their participation underscores that worship was conducted by those rightly set apart for it. The trumpet blasts of the priests anticipate the joyful proclamation of God's people, who in Christ are made a holy priesthood declaring His praises.
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