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English Standard Version

1 Chronicles 15:28

So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cymbal;   Joy;   Music;   Shouting;   Trumpet;   Thompson Chain Reference - Joy-Sorrow;   Shouting;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;   Music;   Trumpet;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Cornet;   Music;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ark;   David;   Psalms, book of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cornet;   Cymbals;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amminadab;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Music and Musical Instruments;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cornet;   Cymbals;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cornet;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Noise;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Copper;   Shofar;   Trumpet;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouts, the sound of the ram’s horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and the playing of harps and lyres.
Hebrew Names Version
Thus all Yisra'el brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
King James Version
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.
New Century Version
So all the people of Israel brought up the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord . They shouted, blew horns and trumpets, and played cymbals, lyres, and harps.
New English Translation
All Israel brought up the ark of the Lord 's covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments.
Amplified Bible
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps and lyres.
New American Standard Bible
So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps, and lyres.
World English Bible
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus all Israel brought vp the Arke of the Lordes couenant with shouting and sounde of cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbales, making a sound with violes and with harpes.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus all Israel was bringing up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps, and lyres.
Berean Standard Bible
So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of ram's horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
Contemporary English Version
While the sacred chest was being carried into Jerusalem, everyone was celebrating by shouting and playing music on horns, trumpets, cymbals, harps, and other stringed instruments.
Complete Jewish Bible
So all Isra'el brought up the ark for the covenant of Adonai with shouting; blowing on shofars and trumpets; and cymbals sounding with lutes and lyres.
Darby Translation
And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the trumpet, and with clarions, and with cymbals, playing aloud with lutes and harps.
Easy-to-Read Version
So all the Israelites joined in bringing up the Box of the Lord 's Agreement. They shouted, they blew rams' horns and trumpets, and they played cymbals, lyres, and harps.
George Lamsa Translation
Thus David and all Israel brought up the ark in which was the covenant of the LORD, with songs and with sound of straight trumpets and curved trumpets and shouting.
Good News Translation
So all the Israelites accompanied the Covenant Box up to Jerusalem with shouts of joy, the sound of trumpets, horns, and cymbals, and the music of harps.
Lexham English Bible
And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh with shouting, with the sound of a shofar, and with trumpets and cymbals, making loud music with musical instruments and stringed instruments.
Literal Translation
And all Israel was bringing up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of a horn, and with trumpets, and cymbals, sounding aloud with lyres and harps.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus all Israel brought vp the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE with myrth, with trompettes, tabrettes, & loude Cymbales, with psalteries and harpes.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
So all Israel took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, with loud cries and with horns and brass and corded instruments sounding loudly.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And al they of Israel brought the arke of the Lordes couenaunt with showting, and blowing of the shawme, and trumpettes, making a noyse with cymbales, psalteries, and harpes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
King James Version (1611)
Thus all Israel brought vp the Arke of the Couenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harpes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of a horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, playing loudly on lutes and harps.
English Revised Version
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, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And al Israel ledden forth the arke of boond of pees of the Lord, and sowneden in ioiful song, and in sown of clariouns, and in trumpis, and cymbalis, and giternis, and harpis.
Update Bible Version
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New King James Version
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the horn, with trumpets and with cymbals, making music with stringed instruments and harps.
New Living Translation
So all Israel brought up the Ark of the Lord 's Covenant with shouts of joy, the blowing of rams' horns and trumpets, the crashing of cymbals, and loud playing on harps and lyres.
New Life Bible
So all Israel brought up the special box with the Law of the Lord. They brought it up with a loud voice, the sound of horns, and with loud-sounding timbrels and harps.
New Revised Standard
So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So, all Israel, were bringing up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, with shouting, and with sound of the horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, - sounding aloud, with harps, and lyres.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all Israel brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord with joyful shouting, and sounding with the sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and cymbals, and psalteries, and harps.
Revised Standard Version
So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.
Young's Literal Translation
And all Israel are bringing up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of a cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding with psalteries and harps,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps and lyres.

Contextual Overview

25 So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing. 26 And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord , they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. 27 David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the music of the singers. And David wore a linen ephod. 28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres. 29 And as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

brought up: 2 Samuel 6:15

with shouting: 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 13:8, 2 Chronicles 5:12, 2 Chronicles 5:13, Ezra 3:10, Ezra 3:11, Psalms 47:1-5, Psalms 68:25, Psalms 98:4-6, Psalms 150:3-5

the cornet: Jerome on Hosea 5:8, says this instrument is properly called in Greek ךוסבפיםח, from ךוסבע [Strong's G2768], a horn. The trumpets were, according to Josephus, made of metal, and about a cubit in length. See note on Numbers 10:2.

Reciprocal: Leviticus 23:24 - In the seventh Numbers 6:14 - one he Numbers 10:10 - in the day Numbers 29:1 - blowing 1 Samuel 10:5 - a psaltery Ezra 6:16 - with joy Nehemiah 12:27 - thanksgivings Psalms 33:2 - Praise Psalms 47:5 - with a shout Psalms 66:1 - Make Psalms 98:6 - trumpets Psalms 149:3 - with the timbrel Psalms 150:5 - the loud cymbals Daniel 3:10 - the cornet Joel 2:1 - trumpet Luke 19:37 - the whole Philippians 3:1 - rejoice

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting,.... See 2 Samuel 6:15.


 
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