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2 Chronicles 29:26
26The Levites held the musical instruments that King David had provided. The priests held their trumpets.
2 Chronicles 29:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
- New International Version (NIV)So the Levites stood ready with David’s instruments, and the priests with their trumpets.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
Context of 2 Chronicles 29:26
24Then the priests killed the goats as a sin offering. They offered their blood on the altar as a sacrifice. Then all the people of Israel would no longer be guilty for their sins. This was because the king had said that the burnt offerings and the sin offerings would be for all Israel. 25The king told the Levites to stand in the Lord's temple with their cymbals, harps and lyres to make music. They stood at the places where King David, David's prophet Gad and the prophet Nathan had told the Levites to stand. This was the Lord's command that he had given to his prophets. The Levites held the musical instruments that King David had provided. The priests held their trumpets. 27Then Hezekiah told the priests to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When they began to offer the sacrifice, the singers started to sing to praise the Lord. The trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel also started to make music. 28All the people there were worshipping the Lord. At the same time the singers were singing and the priests were making music with their trumpets. They all continued to do that until the priests finished making the burnt offering.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 292 Chronicles 29:26 word by word
וַיַּֽעַמְד֤וּ הַלְוִיִּם֙ בִּכְלֵ֣י דָוִ֔יד וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 29:26
- 1 Chronicles 23:54,000 of them will be guards at the gates of the temple. 4,000 of them will use music to praise the Lord. They will use the musical instruments that I have provided for them.’
- Psalms 87:7The singers and the musicians will say, ‘All our blessings come from you, Zion.’
- Psalms 150:3Praise him with music! Yes! Use trumpets, harps and lyres to praise God!
- Isaiah 38:20The Lord will now save me from death. We will sing to thank the Lord in his temple. We will sing with happy music every day of our lives.
- Amos 6:5Like King David, you play music on your harps and you sing new songs.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12The Levites who were musicians stood on the east side of the altar. They were Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and their relatives. They wore clothes made of linen. They made music with cymbals, harps and lyres. There were also 120 priests who made music with trumpets.
- Numbers 10:8The priests, the sons of Aaron, must use the trumpets to make a noise. This is a rule for you and for all your descendants.
- Joshua 6:4Seven priests will walk in front of the Covenant Box. They will carry trumpets as they walk. On the seventh day, you and your soldiers must march round the city seven times. At the same time, the priests will blow into their trumpets.
- 1 Chronicles 15:24The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer walked in front of God's Covenant Box. They made a loud noise with trumpets as they went. Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also guards for the Covenant Box.
- 1 Chronicles 16:6The priests Benaiah and Jahaziel would make a noise with trumpets in front of God's Covenant Box many times each day.
- Psalms 81:3Start the New Moon Festival with the sound of the trumpet. Also do it on the day of the Full Moon.
- Psalms 98:5Make music on your harps to praise him! Make beautiful music!
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29:26
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-36Verses 20-36 As soon as Hezekiah heard that the temple was ready, he lost no time. Atonement must be made for the sins of the last reign. It was not enough to lament and forsake those sins; they brought a sin-offering. Our repentance and reformation will not obtain pardon but in and through Christ, who was made sin, that is, a sin-offering for us. While the offerings were on the altar, the Levites sang. Sorrow for sin must not prevent us from praising…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-36To start sanctifying the temple, the Levites first sanctified themselves. They likely purified themselves by bringing offerings (see 2 Chronicles 30:15). Then they began to cleanse the temple. Two steps were needed to restore the temple: Purification (removing pollution, 2 Chronicles 29:15–17) Sanctification (rededicating the temple for holy worship, 2 Chronicles 29:20–36)Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-3020-30. Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city--His anxiety to enter upon the expiatory service with all possible despatch, now that the temple had been properly prepared for it, prevented his summoning all the representatives of Israel. The requisite number of victims having been provided, and the officers of the temple having sanctified themselves according to the directions of the law, the priests were appointed to offer…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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