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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.”

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ASV

and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַרְבַּ֥עַתve.'ar.Ba.'atand fourH702 →
אֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505 →
שֹׁעֲרִ֑יםsho.'a.RimgatekeepersH7778 →
וְאַרְבַּ֤עַתve.'ar.Ba.'atand fourH702 →
אֲלָפִים֙'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505 →
מְהַֽלְלִ֣יםme.ha.Lim[those] praisingH1984 →
לַיהוָ֔הla.Yah.weh<to> YahwehH3068 →
בַּכֵּלִ֕יםba.ke.Limwith <the> instrumentsH3627 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
עָשִׂ֖יתִי'a.Si.tiI madeH6213 →
לְהַלֵּֽל׃le.ha.Lelto praiseH1984 →

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2 Chronicles 29:25Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.2 Chronicles 29:26The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.2 Chronicles 20:19And the Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up to praise the LORD, the God of Israel, shouting in a very loud voice.1 Chronicles 25:7Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.2 Chronicles 5:12all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.Amos 6:5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.Psalms 87:7Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”2 Chronicles 8:14In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.2 Chronicles 29:25–26Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.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.2 Chronicles 34:12And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,Nehemiah 12:36and 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.2 Chronicles 35:15The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their position, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.1 Chronicles 16:41–42With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”1 Chronicles 6:31–48These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.Nehemiah 7:73So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.1 Chronicles 25:1–7Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:1 Kings 10:12The 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.)

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