John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 16:42

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And with them Heman and Jeduthun, with trumpets and cymbals, etc.] 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.

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