2 Chronicles 20:28
in 2 Chronicles 20So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.
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ASV
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah.
KJV
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 20
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
with Jehoshaphat at their head
on 2 Chronicles 20:27-30
The army returns in procession “with harps, lyres, and trumpets” to the house of the LORD. The campaign ends where it began, in the sanctuary. Then “the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the lands” when they heard that the LORD had fought against Israel's enemies.
This site's exposition
with harps, lyres, and trumpets
The instruments that accompanied the ark into Jerusalem at 1 Chronicles 15:28 now lead the army home. Gill names them as the three chief instruments used in the praises of God. Wesley notes that praise after mercy must be repeated as often as the prayers that sought it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
To the house - To renew their praises in the court of the temple, the proper and usual place for it. Praising God must not be the work of a day only, but our praises when we have received mercy, must be often repeated, as our prayers were, when we where in pursuit of it.
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries, and harps, and trumpets,.... The three principal instruments of music used in singing the praises of God; these they played upon as they came to the city, and entered it, and passed through it: unto the house of the Lord; the temple, there to offer praise and thanksgiving again.
Praising God must not be the work of a day only; but our praises, when we have received mercy, must be often repeated, as our prayers were when we were in the pursuit of it.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ | vaiyavou | and they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| בִּנְבָלִ֥ים | binvalim | with lyres | H5035 → | 38 times |
| וּבְכִנֹּר֖וֹת | uvekhinorot | and with harps | H3658 → | 42 times |
| וּבַחֲצֹצְר֑וֹת | uvachatzotzerot | and with trumpets | H2689 → | 29 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בֵּ֖ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙and they came
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
בִּנְבָלִ֥יםwith lyres
binvalimH5035 →38 times
וּבְכִנֹּר֖וֹתand with harps
uvekhinorotH3658 →42 times
וּבַחֲצֹצְר֑וֹתand with trumpets
uvachatzotzerotH2689 →29 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בֵּ֖ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Psalms 92:3with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
it leads to
- Psalms 68:25
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 33:2
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
- Nehemiah 12:27
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps,…
- 2 Chronicles 23:5
a third shall be at the royal palace, and a third at the Foundation Gate, while all the others are in the courtyards of the house of the LORD.
- 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.
- Psalms 68:25
Through
1 Chronicles 23:54,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 29:25–26
Hezekiah 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…
- Psalms 87:7
Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
- 2 Chronicles 29:25–26
Through
1 Chronicles 25:6All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–3
Additionally, 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…
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–3
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.