2 Chronicles 29:26

26 The Levites stood with ¹the instruments of David, ²and the priests with the trumpets.

2 Chronicles 29:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:26

And 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, ( Numbers 10:2 ) .

2 Chronicles 29:26 In-Context

24 and the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

25 And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David and of Gad the king's seer and of Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the LORD through his prophets.

26 The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

27 Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song to the LORD began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.

28 The whole assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 23:5; [Amos 6:5]
• 2. See 1 Chronicles 15:24