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2 Chronicles 29:26

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What does 2 Chronicles 29:26 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
2 Chronicles 29:26 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 29

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
23And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:
24and the priests killed them, and they made a sin-offering with their blood upon 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.
25And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king`s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah by his prophets.
26And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
27And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of Jehovah began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.
28And all the assembly worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this [continued] until the burnt-offering was finished.
29And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, etc.] 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, (<041002>Numbers 10:2).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the instruments: Ch1 23:5; Psa 87:7, Psa 150:3-5; Isa 38:20; Amo 6:5 the priests: Ch2 5:12, Ch2 5:13; Num 10:8, Num 10:10; Jos 6:4-9; Ch1 15:24, Ch1 16:6; Psa 81:3, Psa 98:5, Psa 98:6 2 Chronicles 29:27”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“דויד כּלי are the musical instruments the use of which David introduced into the public worship; see Ch1 23:5. \- The first clause, Ch2 29:27, "And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar," is repeated from Ch2 29:21 to form a connection for what follows: "At the time when the sacrificial act began, the song of Jahve commenced," i.e., the praising of Jahve by song and instrumental music (יהוה שׁיר = ליהוה שׁיר, Ch1 25:7), and (the blowing) of trumpets, "and that under the leading (ידי על) of the instruments of David." This is to be understood as denoting that the blowing of the trumpets regulated itself by the playing of the stringed instruments-suited itself to the…”
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