"And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets." — 2 Chronicles 29:26

2 Chronicles 29:26 · KJV

“And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.”

— 2 Chronicles 29:26

And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for {so was} the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. {commandment of the LORD: Heb. commandment by the hand of the LORD} {by: Heb. by the hand of}

Verse 27

And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began {also} with the trumpets, and with the instruments {ordained} by David king of Israel. {when: Heb. in the time} {the instruments: Heb. hands of instruments}

2 Chronicles 29 — Context

And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded {that} the burnt offering and the sin offering {should be made} for all Israel.

And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: {and} all {this continued} until the burnt offering was finished. {singers: Heb. song}

Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:5

Moreover four thousand {were} porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, {said David}, to praise {therewith}.

1 Chronicles 15:24

And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah {were} doorkeepers for the ark.

Amos 6:5

That chant to the sound of the viol, {and} invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; {chant: or, quaver}

Numbers 10:8

And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

Psalms 81:3

Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

2 Chronicles 5:12-13

Also 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:)

Isaiah 38:20

The LORD {was ready} to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

Psalms 150:3-5

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. {trumpet: or, cornet}