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1 Chronicles 13:8

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What does 1 Chronicles 13:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
1 Chronicles 13:8 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 13

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor [the brook] of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth [above] the cherubim, that is called by the Name.
7And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
8And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
10And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.
11And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza, unto this day.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“David: Ch1 15:10-24; Sa1 10:5; 2Sam. 6:5-23; Kg2 3:15; Psa 47:5, Psa 68:25-27; Psa 150:3-5 singing: Heb. songs with harps: The word kinnor, in Chaldee, kinnora, in Syraic, kainoro, in Arabic, kinnarat, and in Greek κινυρος, certainly denotes a harp, played on with the hand, according to Sa1 16:23. The number of strings in the harp was at first three; but afterwards they were increased to four, and at last to seven. Ch1 15:28, Ch1 16:5, Ch1 16:42, Ch1 23:5, Ch1 25:1-6; Dan 3:5-7; Amo 5:23, Amo 6:5 psalteries: Naivel, or naibel, in Greek ναβλα, and in Latin, nablium, was an instrument of the harp kind; having twelve sounds. 1 Chronicles 13:9”
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