-
2 Kings 3 15
Now, bring me a musician.” While the musician played, the Lord’s hand came on Elisha.
-
1 Chronicles 6 33
These are the men who served with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,
-
1 Chronicles 6 39
Heman’s relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,
-
2 Chronicles 34 12
The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled with musical instruments.
-
1 Samuel 10 5
“ After that you will come to the Hill of God where there are Philistine garrisons. When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place prophesying. They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.
-
Nehemiah 12:27
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sent for the Levites wherever they lived and brought them to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
-
1 Chronicles 12 28
and Zadok, a young brave warrior, with 22 commanders from his own ancestral house.
-
2 Chronicles 23 1
Then, in the seventh year, Jehoiada summoned his courage and took the commanders of hundreds into a covenant with him: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.
-
1 Chronicles 16 41-1 Chronicles 16 42
With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord— for His faithful love endures forever.Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals to play and musical instruments of God. Jeduthun’s sons were at the gate.
-
2 Chronicles 31 2
Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites for the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for praise in the gates of the camp of the Lord, each division corresponding to his service among the priests and Levites.
-
2 Chronicles 23 13
As she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The commanders and the trumpeters were by the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praise. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed,“ Treason, treason!”
-
1 Chronicles 24 5-1 Chronicles 24 6
They were assigned by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.The secretary, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the officers, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites. One ancestral house was taken for Eleazar, and then one for Ithamar.
-
1 Chronicles 6 44
On the left, their relatives were Merari’s sons: Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,
-
1 Corinthians 14 24-1 Corinthians 14 26
But if all are prophesying and some unbeliever or uninformed person comes in, he is convicted by all and is judged by all.The secrets of his heart will be revealed, and as a result he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming,“ God is really among you.”What then is the conclusion, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, a teaching, a revelation, another language, or an interpretation. All things must be done for edification.
-
Psalms 81:2
Lift up a song— play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp.
-
Revelation 15:2-4
I also saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had won the victory over the beast, his image, and the number of his name, were standing on the sea of glass with harps from God.They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the Lamb: Great and awe-inspiring are Your works, Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are Your ways, King of the Nations.Lord, who will not fear and glorify Your name? Because You alone are holy, for all the nations will come and worship before You because Your righteous acts have been revealed.
-
1 Chronicles 23 5-1 Chronicles 23 7
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
-
1 Chronicles 25 3
From Jeduthun: Jeduthun’s sons: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah— six— under the authority of their father Jeduthun, prophesying to the accompaniment of lyres, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.
-
Ezra 3:10-11
When the builders had laid the foundation of the Lord’s temple, the priests, dressed in their robes and holding trumpets, and the Levites descended from Asaph, holding cymbals, took their positions to praise the Lord, as King David of Israel had instructed.They sang with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord:“ For He is good; His faithful love to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord because the foundation of the Lord’s house had been laid.
-
1 Chronicles 23 2
Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.
-
Psalms 150:3-5
Praise Him with trumpet blast; praise Him with harp and lyre.Praise Him with tambourine and dance; praise Him with flute and strings.Praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise Him with clashing cymbals.
-
Psalms 92:1-3
It is good to praise Yahweh, to sing praise to Your name, Most High,to declare Your faithful love in the morning and Your faithfulness at night,with a ten-stringed harp and the music of a lyre.
-
Nehemiah 12:43-46
On that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy. The women and children also celebrated, and Jerusalem’s rejoicing was heard far away.On that same day men were placed in charge of the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tenths. The legally required portions for the priests and Levites were gathered from the village fields, because Judah was grateful to the priests and Levites who were serving.They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were leaders of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
-
2 Chronicles 23 9
Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds King David’s spears, shields, and quivers that were in God’s temple.
-
Nehemiah 12:24
The leaders of the Levites— Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their relatives opposite them— gave praise and thanks, division by division, as David the man of God had prescribed.
-
1 Chronicles 15 16-1 Chronicles 15 21
Then David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers and to have them raise their voices with joy accompanied by musical instruments— harps, lyres, and cymbals.So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah.With them were their relatives second in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals;Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to Alamoth;and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to the Sheminith.
-
2 Chronicles 29 25-2 Chronicles 29 26
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet. For the command was from the Lord through His prophets.The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
-
1 Chronicles 16 4-1 Chronicles 16 5
David appointed some of the Levites to be ministers before the ark of the Lord, to celebrate the Lord God of Israel, and to give thanks and praise to Him.Asaph was the chief and Zechariah was second to him. Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel played the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals