From Nave’s Topical Bible

Music

Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.

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Passages listed
27
Books of the 66
1896
Nave's edition

How Nave’s arranged it

Teachers of1 Chronicles 15:22 1 Chronicles 25:7 1 Chronicles 25:8 2 Chronicles 23:13
Physical effect of, on man1 Samuel 6:15 1 Samuel 6:16
Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices2 Chronicles 29:27 2 Chronicles 29:28
PrecentorNehemiah 12:42
Chief musicianNehemiah 12:42 Habakkuk 3:19
Chambers for musicians in the temple, in Ezekiel's visionEzekiel 40:44
In heavenRevelation 5:8 Revelation 5:9 Revelation 14:2 Revelation 14:3 Revelation 15:2 Revelation 15:3
INSTRUMENTS OF
Invented by JubalGenesis 4:21
Invented by David1 Chronicles 23:5 2 Chronicles 7:6 2 Chronicles 29:26 Amos 6:5
Made by Solomon1 Kings 10:12 2 Chronicles 9:11 Ecclesiastes 2:8
Made by TyriansEzekiel 28:13

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CORNETDaniel 3:5 Daniel 3:7 Daniel 3:10
See Trumpet
CYMBAL
See Cymbal
DULCIMER, a double pipeDaniel 3:5 Daniel 3:10 Daniel 3:15
FLUTEDaniel 3:5 Daniel 3:7 Daniel 3:10 Daniel 3:15
GITTITH, a stringed instrumentPsalms 8 Psalms 81 Psalms 84
HARP
See Harp
ORGAN, probably composed of pipes furnishing a number of notesGenesis 4:21 Job 21:12 Job 30:31 Psalms 150:4
PIPE
See Pipe
PSALTERY
See Psaltery
SACKBUT, a harpDaniel 3:5 Daniel 3:7 Daniel 3:10 Daniel 3:15
TABRET
See Timbrel
TIMBREL, a tambourine
See Timbrel
TRUMPET
See Trumpet
VIOL, a lyreIsaiah 5:12 Isaiah 14:11 Amos 5:23 Amos 6:5
SYMBOLS USED IN
ALAMOTH
(Literally virgins) .A musical term which appears in1 Chronicles 15:20
And in the title ofPsalms 46:1
(It seems to indicate the rendering of the song by female voices, possibly soprano) -AL-TASCHITH
It appears in the titles ofPsalms 57:1 Psalms 58:1 Psalms 59:1 Psalms 75:1
(it seems to have been used to indicate the kind of ode, or the kind of melody in which the ode should be sung.)
HIGGAIONPsalms 92:3
(According to Gesenius, it signifies the murmuring tone of a harp, and hence that the music should be rendered in a plaintive manner.)Psalms 9:16
(Combined with "Selah," it may have been intended to indicate a pause in the vocal music while the instruments rendered an interlude.)Psalms 19:14
(Mendelssohn translates it "meditation, thought." Hence, the music was to be rendered in a mode to promote devout meditation.)
MAKALATH, MASCHIL, LEANNOTH
These terms are found in the titles ofPsalms 53:1 Psalms 88:1
(Authorities grope in darkness as to their signification. They may indicate the instruments to be played, or the melody to be sung)
MASCHIL
This musical sign occurs in the titles ofPsalms 32:1 Psalms 42:1 Psalms 44:1 Psalms 45:1 Psalms 52:1 Psalms 53:1 Psalms 54:1 Psalms 55:1 Psalms 74:1 Psalms 78:1 Psalms 88:1 Psalms 89:1 Psalms 142:1
(The meaning is obscure. But its signification where it occurs elsewhere than in the titles of Psalms is equivalent to the English word "instruction," or to become wise by instruction; hence, "Sing ye praises with understanding.")Psalms 47:7
MICAHTAM
A musical term in the titles ofPsalms 16:1 Psalms 56:1 Psalms 57:1 Psalms 58:1 Psalms 59:1 Psalms 60:1
(Luther interprets this as "golden," that is, "precious." Ewald interprets it as signifying a plaintive manner.)
MUTH-LABBEN
In the title ofPsalms 9:1
(Authorities, ancient and modern, differ as to the probable signification. Gesenius and DEU Wette interpret it, "with the voice of virgins, by boys." Others derive the word from a different Hebrew root, and interpret it as indicating that the Psalm was a funeral ode.)
NEGINAH and NEGINOTH
Appear in the titles ofPsalms 4:1 Psalms 54:1 Psalms 55:1 Psalms 61:1 Psalms 67:1 Habakkuk 3:19
(Its use seems to have been to indicate that the song should be accompanied by stringed instruments.) -NEHILOTH
Appears in the title ofPsalms 5:1
(It seems to indicate, according to Gesenius, that when this Psalm was sung it was to be accompanied by wind instruments.)
SELAH
(This term appears frequently in the Psalms. Its use is not known. Possibly it signified a pause in the vocal music while an instrumental interlude or finale was rendered.)
SHEMINITH
In the titles ofPsalms 6:1 Psalms 12:1
(Translated "eighth," probably indicates the measure, movement, or pitch.)
SHIGGAION
In the title ofPsalms 7:1
And its plural, SHIGIONOTH, in the title ofHabakkuk 3:1
(Supposed to be a musical term to guide in rendering the song. At the close of the chapter, the author refers the ode "to the chief musician, on my stringed instruments." The term may suggest the movement in interpreting the music set to it.)
SHOSHANNIM and SHUSHAN-EDUTH .In the titles toPsalms 45:1 Psalms 60:1 Psalms 69:1 Psalms 80:1
(Seems to indicate the manner in which these Psalms were to be rendered. Kimchi, Tremellius, and Eichhorn render it "hexachorda," that is, that in singing these Psalms instruments of six strings were to accompany.)
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TOGenesis 31:27 Exodus 15:1 Exodus 15:20 Exodus 15:21 Exodus 21:17–20 Judges 5:1–3 Judges 11:34 1 Samuel 18:6 1 Samuel 18:7 2 Samuel 19:35 1 Kings 1:40 1 Chronicles 6:31 1 Chronicles 6:32 1 Chronicles 15:16–22 1 Chronicles 15:24 1 Chronicles 15:27 1 Chronicles 15:28 1 Chronicles 16:4–39 1 Chronicles 16:41 1 Chronicles 16:42
See Praise
See Psalms

The passages, in Bible order (159)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

Genesis 4:21
And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.
Commentary on Genesis 4:211 voice
And his brother's name was Jubal,.... This was another son of Lamech by Adah, and his name differs only in one letter from his brother's: he was the father of all such that handle the harp and organ: he was the inventor of instrumental music, both of stringed instruments, such as were touched by the fingers, or struck with a quill, as the "harp"; and of wind instruments, such as were blown, as the "organ", which seems not to be the same we call so, being a late invention; but however a pleasant instrument, as its name signifies.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
Commentary on Genesis 31:271 voice
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me?....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Exodus 15:1
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
Commentary on Exodus 15:11 voice
Our motive in going over all this, dearly beloved brethren, is that we may be on our guard, for fear that, after coming out from Egypt and hastening through the desert for forty days—for forty years, as it were—to reach the land of promise, we should long for the fleshpots of Egypt and be bitten to death by the serpents. We have left Egypt; what have we to do with the food of Egypt? We who have bread from heaven; why do we go in search of earthly foods?
Jerome· HOMILY 90, 420Patristic
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Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
Commentary on Exodus 15:201 voice
And Miriam taking the timbrel led the dances with maidenly modesty. But consider whom she was then prefiguring. Was she not a type of the church, who as a virgin with unstained spirit joins together the religious gatherings of the people to sing divine songs?
Ambrose of Milan· Concerning Virginity 1.3.12, 397Patristic
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Exodus 15:21
And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
Commentary on Exodus 15:211 voice
And Miriam answered them,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Exodus 21:17–20
Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
Commentary on Exodus 21:17–201 voice
And he that curseth his father, or his mother,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Judges 5:1–3
On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
Commentary on Judges 5:1–31 voice
(Judges 5:1) And Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang. Barak is said to have been a man of Deborah the prophetess. Barak himself is also called Barak son of Lapidoth. For Lapidoth means lightning, and Barak, thunder. Lightning, therefore, because before he avenged Israel against the Canaanites, there was a lightning shining among the people, by merit and prerogative of his deeds: but after he avenged Israel against the Canaanites, he was called Thunder, that is, striking.
Jerome· Commentary on the Song of Deborah, 420Patristic
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Judges 11:34
And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
Commentary on Judges 11:341 voice
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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1 Samuel 6:15
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 6:151 voice
26. The Levites are interpreted as "the assumed." Who then are the Levites, except those who are so confirmed by divine grace that they can never be forsaken by the Holy Spirit?
Gregory the Dialogist· Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 3, Chapter 4, 604Patristic
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1 Samuel 6:16
And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 6:161 voice
28. The satraps of the Philistines, as I have already said above, are chosen as preachers of the Gentiles. They are indeed contained in the number five, because they preside over those who are either still unlearned in the faith or are carnal, in order to restrain the five senses of the body. They indeed accompany the cart with the ark of God, because, passing over to the pursuit of the spiritual life, they follow their already instructed disciples with the care of their solicitude.
Gregory the Dialogist· Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 3, Chapter 4, 604Patristic
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1 Samuel 18:6
As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 18:61 voice
When David returned after striking down the Philistine, etc., the Lord, having returned after defeating the ancient enemy through His suffering and appearing in the glory of resurrection to His chosen ones, the glory of this triumph having been spread throughout Judea, the lowly souls, …
Bede· Commentary on Samuel, 735Patristic
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1 Samuel 18:7
And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
Commentary on 1 Samuel 18:72 voices
Why do you grieve, my friend, when you yourself have suffered no misfortune? Why are you hostile to someone who is enjoying prosperity, when he has in no way caused your own possessions to decrease? If you are vexed even upon receiving a kindness [from the object of your spite], are you not quite clearly envious of your own good? Saul is an example of this. He made David's great favors to himself a motive for enmity with him.
Basil of Caesarea· CONCERNING ENVY, 379Patristic
When David returned after striking down the Philistine, etc., the Lord, having returned after defeating the ancient enemy through His suffering and appearing in the glory of resurrection to His chosen ones, the glory of this triumph having been spread throughout Judea, the lowly souls, …
Bede· Commentary on Samuel, 735Patristic
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2 Samuel 19:35
I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
Commentary on 2 Samuel 19:351 voice
I am this day fourscore years old,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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1 Kings 1:40
All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.
Commentary on 1 Kings 1:401 voice
And all the people came up after him,.... Following him from the fountain to the city, with their loud acclamations: and the people piped with pipes; which were hollow instruments, and full of holes which they blew with their mouths, and upon with their fingers; Jarchi says they were and very probably: and rejoiced with great joy; which they expressed by such loud shouts: so that the earth rent with the sound thereof; an hyperbolical expression, showing the great numbers gathered together on this occasion, and the sonorous acclamations they made.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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1 Kings 10:12
The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen to this day.)
Commentary on 1 Kings 10:121 voice
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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1 Chronicles 6:31
These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.
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