1 Chronicles 15:28
in 1 Chronicles 15So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
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ASV
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
KJV
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 15
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
all Israel brought up the ark
on 1 Chronicles 15:28-29
Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart. Chronicles keeps this line and drops her exchange with David from 2 Samuel 6, in a book that omits David's sin with Bathsheba.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting,.... See 2Sa 6:15.
That we serve a good master, who delights to have his servants sing at their work. That times of public reformation are, and should be, times of public rejoicing. Those are unworthy of the ark that are not glad of it.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מַעֲלִים֙ | maalim | [was] bringing up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲר֣וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| בְּרִית־ | berit- | [the] covenant of | H1285 → | 284 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בִּתְרוּעָה֙ | bitruah | with a shout | H8643 → | |
| וּבְק֣וֹל | uvekol | and with [the] sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| שׁוֹפָ֔ר | shofar | a ram's horn | H7782 → | |
| וּבַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹת | uvachatzotzerot | and with trumpets | H2689 → | 29 times |
| וּבִמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם | uvimtziltayim | and with cymbals | H4700 → | 13 times |
| מַשְׁמִעִ֕ים | mashmiim | sounding aloud | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בִּנְבָלִ֖ים | binvalim | with lyres | H5035 → | 38 times |
| וְכִנֹּרֽוֹת׃ | vekhinorot | and harps | H3658 → | 42 times |
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מַעֲלִים֙[was] bringing up
maalimH5927 →890 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
בְּרִית־[the] covenant of
berit-H1285 →284 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בִּתְרוּעָה֙with a shout
bitruahH8643 →
וּבְק֣וֹלand with [the] sound of
uvekolH6963 →506 times
שׁוֹפָ֔רa ram's horn
shofarH7782 →
וּבַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹתand with trumpets
uvachatzotzerotH2689 →29 times
וּבִמְצִלְתָּ֑יִםand with cymbals
uvimtziltayimH4700 →13 times
מַשְׁמִעִ֕יםsounding aloud
mashmiimH8085 →1159 times
בִּנְבָלִ֖יםwith lyres
binvalimH5035 →38 times
וְכִנֹּרֽוֹת׃and harps
vekhinorotH3658 →42 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 15:16David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 16:42
Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 13:8
David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
- 1 Chronicles 23:5
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
- Nehemiah 12:36
and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.
- 1 Chronicles 16:42
Through
2 Samuel 6:15while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.
it leads to
- Psalms 68:24–27
They have seen Your procession, O God— the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.
- Joshua 6:4–5
Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.
- Psalms 68:24–27
Through
1 Chronicles 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.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:5–23
David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
- Psalms 150:3–5
Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
- 2 Samuel 6:5–23
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
