2 Chronicles 29:25

25 He stationed the L'vi'im in the house of ADONAI with cymbals, lyres and lutes, in keeping with the order of David, Gad the king's seer and Natan the prophet; for the mitzvah had come from ADONAI through his prophets.

2 Chronicles 29:25 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:25

And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals,
with psalteries, and with harps
To play upon, which were the three principal instruments of music used in religious worship, and what had been disused in the times of Ahaz: according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and
Nathan the prophet;
this sort of music was not commanded by the law of Moses, but was directed to by David under a divine influence, and was approved of by the prophets of the Lord here mentioned: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets;
the Targum is,

``for by the Word of the Lord was the commandment by the hand of the prophets.''

2 Chronicles 29:25 In-Context

23 After bringing the male goats for the sin offering close to the king and the assembly and laying their hands on them,

24 the cohanim slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar to make atonement for all Isra'el; for the king had ordered that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be for all Isra'el.

25 He stationed the L'vi'im in the house of ADONAI with cymbals, lyres and lutes, in keeping with the order of David, Gad the king's seer and Natan the prophet; for the mitzvah had come from ADONAI through his prophets.

26 The L'vi'im stood with the instruments of David and the cohanim with the trumpets.

27 Hizkiyahu ordered that the burnt offering should be offered on the altar. The moment the burnt offering began, the song of ADONAI also began, accompanied by the trumpets and the instruments of David king of Isra'el.