2 Chronicles 29:26
in 2 Chronicles 29The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
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And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
KJV
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd the Levites stood with the instruments of David,.... Which were invented, directed, and ordered to be used by him, and are the same as in the preceding verse: and the priests with the trumpets; which were made by the direction of Moses, according to the order of God, Num 10:2.
This site's exposition
according to the commandment of David
on 2 Chronicles 29:25-26
Three names anchor the order Hezekiah restores: David, who founded the singing courses at 1 Chr 25; Gad, the king's seer who first speaks to David at 1 Sam 22:5; and Nathan, who carries the covenant of 2 Sam 7 and 1 Chr 17. The verse calls their arrangement the commandment of the Lord by his prophets, placing David's temple music on the same footing as the pattern he says at 1 Chr 28:19 the Lord made him understand in writing by his hand upon him. Clarke notes that Moses commanded no instruments for the first tabernacle; what stands here is a later revelation layered onto the first, not a replacement for it, and Chronicles treats both as binding.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the L ORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:96%@v9-10
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
At the close of the special services of the occasion, namely, the offering of atonement sacrifices, the king and all civic rulers who were present joined in the worship.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּֽעַמְד֤וּ | vaiyaamdu | and they stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
| הַלְוִיִּם֙ | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| בִּכְלֵ֣י | bikhlei | with [the] instruments of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| דָוִ֔יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים | vehakohanim | and the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃ ס | bachatzotzerot | with trumpets | H2689 → | 29 times |
וַיַּֽעַמְד֤וּand they stood
vaiyaamduH5975 →521 times
הַלְוִיִּם֙the Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
בִּכְלֵ֣יwith [the] instruments of
bikhleiH3627 →325 times
דָוִ֔ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםand the priests
vehakohanimH3548 →750 times
בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃ סwith trumpets
bachatzotzerotH2689 →29 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
Amos 6:5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
it leads to
- Isaiah 5:12
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
- Amos 5:23
Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
- Isaiah 5:12
Through
1 Chronicles 15:24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 16:6
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Chronicles 16:6
Through
Numbers 10:10And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you…
it leads to
- Psalms 81:3
Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
- Numbers 10:9
When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your…
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to…
- Ezra 3:10
When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise…
- 1 Corinthians 11:24–26
and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
- Psalms 81:3
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.