2 Chronicles 29:25

25 And he stood the Levites [in] the house of Yahweh with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the command of David and Gad, the seer of the king, and Nathan the prophet, for the command [was] by the hand of Yahweh by the hand of 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 Then they brought the goats of the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid hands upon them.

24 And the priest killed them and offered their blood against the altar to make atonement for all Israel, for the king had commanded the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

25 And he stood the Levites [in] the house of Yahweh with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the command of David and Gad, the seer of the king, and Nathan the prophet, for the command [was] by the hand of Yahweh by the hand of his prophets.

26 When the Levites stood with the objects of David and the priests with the trumpets,

27 Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And at the time the burnt offering began, the song of Yahweh began, and also the trumpets, at the hands of [the] instruments of David king of Israel.