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2 Chronicles 29:26

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And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
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  1. 1 Chronicles 23:5Rank 1 from verse 26
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    5Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

  2. 1 Chronicles 15:24Rank 2 from verse 26
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    24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

  3. Amos 6:5Rank 3 from verse 26
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    5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

  4. 1 Chronicles 16:6Rank 4 from verse 26
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    6Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

  5. 2 Chronicles 5:12–13Rank 5 from verse 26
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    12Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

    13It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord;

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2 Chronicles 29:26

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Levites

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Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.

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instruments

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Sense 1: Tools or implements by which work is done or effects are produced. Sense 2: Devices made to produce music.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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priests

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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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25And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord 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 so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets.

26And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

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27And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

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