Chronicles I 16:42

42 And with them trumpets and cymbals to sound aloud, and musical instruments for the songs of God: and the sons of Idithun at the gate.

Chronicles I 16:42 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 16:42

And with them Heman and Jeduthun, with trumpets and cymbals,
&c.] Or with them were the trumpets and cymbals, as Kimchi; or, as Piscator supplies it, with them he "left" the trumpets and cymbals:

for those that should make a sound;
by striking upon them:

and with musical instruments of God;
sacred ones, such as were devoted to his service, as psalteries and harps; the Syriac and Arabic versions carry the sense of the words quite differently, that these men did not sing with those musical instruments, but with a pleasant voice, and with pure and acceptable prayers, in humility and uprightness, glorified God:

and the sons of Jeduthun were porters;
at the tabernacle in Gibeon.

Chronicles I 16:42 In-Context

40 to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning and evening, and according to all things written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded the children of Israel by Moses the servant of God.

41 And with him Aeman and Idithun, and the rest chosen out by name to praise the Lord, for his mercy for ever.

42 And with them trumpets and cymbals to sound aloud, and musical instruments for the songs of God: and the sons of Idithun at the gate.

43 And all the people went every one to his home: and David returned to bless his house.