Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Chronicles 13:8

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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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