KJV King James Version
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 20:28
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.
WEB World English Bible
They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of Jehovah.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 20
25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of [those] countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: [he was] thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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Revelation 14:2-3And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:1 Chronicles 13:8And David and all Israel played before God with all [their] might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.Psalm 57:8Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early.2 Samuel 6:5And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of [instruments made of] fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.Psalm 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.1 Chronicles 23:5Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith].1 Chronicles 25:6All these [were] under the hands of their father for song [in] the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.Psalm 92:3Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.Psalm 150:3-5Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
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