Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, timbrels, cymbals and trumpets. New Living Translation David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. English Standard Version And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets. Berean Standard Bible David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. King James Bible And 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. New King James Version Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets. New American Standard Bible David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. NASB 1995 David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals and with trumpets. NASB 1977 And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and with trumpets. Legacy Standard Bible Now David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their strength, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and with trumpets. Amplified Bible David and all Israel celebrated [joyfully] before God with all their might, with songs, lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. Christian Standard Bible David and all Israel were dancing with all their might before God with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. Holman Christian Standard Bible David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before God with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. American Standard Version And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. Contemporary English Version while David and the crowd danced and sang praises to the LORD with all their might. They played music on small harps and other stringed instruments, and on tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. English Revised Version And David and all Israel played before God with all their might: even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. GOD'S WORD® Translation David and all Israel were celebrating in God's presence with all their might, with songs, with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. Good News Translation while David and all the people danced with all their might to honor God. They sang and played musical instruments--harps, drums, cymbals, and trumpets. International Standard Version David and all of Israel were dancing in the presence of God with all of their might with songs, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. NET Bible while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. New Heart English Bible David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. Webster's Bible Translation And 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. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleDavid and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. World English Bible David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with trumpets. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand David and all Israel are playing before God, with all strength, and with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. Young's Literal Translation and David and all Israel are playing before God, with all strength, and with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. Smith's Literal Translation And David and all Israel playing before God with all strength, and with songs and with harps, and with lyres, and with drums, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd David and all Israel played before God with all their might with hymns, and with harps, and with psalteries, and timbrels, and cymbals, and trumpets, Catholic Public Domain Version Now David and all of Israel were playing before God, with all of their ability, in songs, and with harps, and psalteries, and timbrels, and cymbals, and trumpets. New American Bible while David and all Israel danced before God with all their might, with singing, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. New Revised Standard Version David and all Israel were dancing before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd David and all Israel played before the LORD with all their might, and with singing and with harps and with psalteries and with cymbals and with timbrels. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And David and all Israel were able before LORD JEHOVAH in strength and with songs and with harps and with tambourines and with cymbals. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And David and all Israel played before God with all their might; even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. Brenton Septuagint Translation And David and all Israel were playing before the Lord with all their might, and that together with singers, and with harps, and with lutes, with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Uzzah Touches the Ark8David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. 9When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.… Cross References 2 Samuel 6:5 David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals. Psalm 150:3-5 Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. / Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. / Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. Psalm 47:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph. Psalm 81:1-2 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. / Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. Psalm 98:4-6 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises! / Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp. / With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King. Psalm 149:3 Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp. Exodus 15:20-21 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. / And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.” 2 Chronicles 5:12-13 all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. / The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud 2 Chronicles 29:25-30 Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets. / The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. / And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. ... 2 Chronicles 30:21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD. Nehemiah 12:27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres. Isaiah 30:29 You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel. Isaiah 38:20 The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD. Ephesians 5:19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord, Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. Treasury of Scripture And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. David 1 Chronicles 15:10-24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve… 1 Samuel 10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: 2 Samuel 6:5 And 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. singing [heb]songs 1 Samuel 16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. 1 Chronicles 15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. 1 Chronicles 16:5,42 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; … Jump to Previous Brass Celebrating Cymbals David Harps Horns Instruments Israel Israelites Lyres Making Melody Merry Music Played Playing Psalteries Singing Song Songs Strength Stringed Tambourines Tambours Timbrels TrumpetsJump to Next Brass Celebrating Cymbals David Harps Horns Instruments Israel Israelites Lyres Making Melody Merry Music Played Playing Psalteries Singing Song Songs Strength Stringed Tambourines Tambours Timbrels Trumpets1 Chronicles 13 1. David fetches the ark with great solemnity from Kirjath Jearim9. Uzza being smitten, the ark is left at the house of Obed-Edom David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might This phrase highlights the communal and enthusiastic worship of God by David and the Israelites. The context is the return of the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, a significant event symbolizing God's presence among His people. The phrase "with all their might" indicates the intensity and sincerity of their worship, reflecting a wholehearted devotion to God. This mirrors other biblical instances of fervent worship, such as in 2 Samuel 6:14, where David dances before the Lord with all his might. The communal aspect underscores the unity of Israel under David's leadership, a theme prevalent throughout the Chronicles. with songs and on harps and lyres with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets Persons / Places / Events 1. DavidThe King of Israel, a man after God's own heart, who led the Israelites in bringing the Ark of the Covenant back to Jerusalem. 2. Israelites The people of Israel, who were united under David's leadership and participated in the celebration. 3. Ark of the Covenant A sacred chest that held the tablets of the Ten Commandments, representing God's presence and covenant with Israel. 4. Jerusalem The city chosen by David to be the political and spiritual center of Israel. 5. Celebration A joyful event marked by music and worship as the Ark was transported, signifying the importance of God's presence among His people. Teaching Points Joyful WorshipWorship should be a joyful expression of our love and reverence for God, as demonstrated by David and the Israelites. Unity in Worship The collective celebration by all the Israelites underscores the importance of unity in worshiping God. Reverence for God's Presence The Ark symbolized God's presence, reminding us to approach worship with reverence and awe. Use of Music in Worship The variety of instruments used highlights the role of music in expressing worship and adoration to God. Obedience in Worship While enthusiasm in worship is important, it must be coupled with obedience to God's instructions, as later chapters reveal the consequences of neglecting this. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of 1 Chronicles 13:8?2. How does 1 Chronicles 13:8 demonstrate worship through music and instruments? 3. What can we learn about joyful worship from 1 Chronicles 13:8? 4. How does David's worship in 1 Chronicles 13:8 connect to Psalm 150? 5. How can we incorporate "songs, lyres, harps" into our worship today? 6. What role does "all their might" play in our personal worship practices? 7. Why did David and Israel celebrate with all their might in 1 Chronicles 13:8? 8. What significance do musical instruments hold in 1 Chronicles 13:8? 9. How does 1 Chronicles 13:8 reflect the importance of worship in ancient Israel? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 13? 11. What musical instruments are mentioned in the Old Testament? 12. (1 Chronicles 13:6) Are there any archaeological or historical records backing David's attempt to transport the Ark from Kiriath Jearim? 13. 2 Chronicles 13 compared with 1 Kings 15:3 - Why does Abijah appear more faithful in Chronicles than in Kings, and what might explain this seeming discrepancy? 14. How does the forced labor mentioned in 2 Chronicles 8:7-8 reconcile with biblical portrayals of Solomon's wisdom and godly leadership? What Does 1 Chronicles 13:8 Mean David and all the Israelites• “David again assembled all the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand in all” (2 Samuel 6:1). The phrase in 1 Chronicles 13:8 underscores national unity—king and people moving together under God’s covenant purposes. • Their joint presence recalls earlier gatherings at Sinai (Exodus 19:17) and later at Jerusalem (Nehemiah 8:1), showing that corporate worship is a hallmark of God’s people. • Practical takeaway: worship is never a solo project; God delights when His family comes together (Hebrews 10:24-25). were celebrating • “Let the whole earth shout to the LORD; be jubilant, shout for joy, and sing” (Psalm 98:4). Celebration is not optional—it’s obedience to the call to rejoice in God’s salvation. • This moment follows the ark’s long absence (1 Samuel 7:2). Their rejoicing springs from the restoration of God’s manifest presence among them. • Genuine celebration flows from gratitude rooted in God’s past faithfulness (Psalm 105:1-2). before God • The ark symbolized the throne of the LORD Almighty (1 Samuel 4:4). Being “before God” meant standing in the very audience of the King. • “I have set the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken” (Psalm 16:8). Awareness of His presence fuels reverence and confidence. • Worship that forgets God’s nearness becomes empty ritual (Isaiah 29:13); true worship recognizes He is right there. with all their might • “Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength” (Deuteronomy 6:5). The same total devotion commanded in the law is now visibly expressed. • David models “whatever he did, he did so with all his heart and prospered” (2 Chronicles 31:21). God-honoring worship is wholehearted, not half-hearted. • Application: physical expression—singing loud, lifting hands, dancing—can honor God when the heart is fully engaged (2 Samuel 6:14). with songs • “Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD” (Psalm 95:1). Song turns doctrine into doxology, truth into praise. • The lyrics likely recounted God’s mighty acts, as later in David’s psalms (Psalm 24; 96). • Colossians 3:16 encourages believers to let “psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs” overflow when the word dwells richly. and on harps and lyres • “Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make music to Him with ten-stringed harp” (Psalm 33:2). Instruments are biblically endorsed tools for magnifying God. • David, a skilled harpist from his youth (1 Samuel 16:23), sets the standard: artistic excellence devoted to divine praise. • Well-played instruments can stir hearts to deeper worship, pointing listeners to God’s splendor (Psalm 92:3). with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets • Miriam led Israel with a tambourine after the Red Sea (Exodus 15:20), declaring victory. The same spirit of triumph marks David’s procession. • Cymbals added volume and emphasis (Psalm 150:5), while trumpets signaled royal and priestly announcements (Numbers 10:10). • Variety of sound reflects the breadth of God’s glory—no single tone can capture His greatness, so worship employs many. summary 1 Chronicles 13:8 paints a vivid picture of God’s people unified under their shepherd-king, consciously standing in God’s presence, pouring out wholehearted, joy-filled praise expressed through voices, movement, and a rich array of instruments. The verse calls every generation to gather, rejoice, and worship the LORD with everything we are and everything we have, because He is worthy. (8) Played.--Were dancing (to music).With all their might, and with singing.--So LXX. and Syriac. Samuel has "with all woods of cypresses;" a strange expression, probably due to confusion of similar letters, and transposition. The LXX. there has "in strength." Cymbals and trumpets.--Samuel (Hebrew) has sistrums (a kind of rattle) and cymbals. The former word only occurs there. The Chronicle has a later term for cymbals (meciltayim for cilce?lim). Verse 8. - Played before God. The Hebrew word is the Piel of שׂחק, the root of which, from the simplest meaning of "to laugh" (and with the two appropriate prepositions used for laughing with an expression of derision or contempt), through the two further meanings of "sporting" and "jesting," passes to the signification of dancing" (1 Samuel 18:7; Jeremiah 31:4). Its deepest idea seems to be "to make merry," and to savour of the very same ambiguity attaching to that idiom with ourselves. The parallel of this passage exhibits "before the Lord." With all their might. See the evident mistake of the parallel ("on all manner of instruments made of firwood," literally, with all firwoods) through similarity of the Hebrew characters. Cymbals and... trumpets. Of the five names of musical instruments, the same in number in both passages, the first three are the same in the Hebrew, but these last two are different words, וּבִמְצִלְתַּיִם וּבַחֲלֺצצְרות here for וּבִמנַענִעים וּבְצלְצליִם A variation of this particular kind again indicates with some decisiveness the different character and the number of the sources from which the writers of the Books of Samuel and those of Chronicles took.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Davidוְדָוִ֣יד (wə·ḏā·wîḏ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse and all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the Israelites יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc were celebrating מְשַׂחֲקִ֛ים (mə·śa·ḥă·qîm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7832: To laugh, to play before לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face God הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative with all בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every their might, עֹ֑ז (‘ōz) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5797: Strength, might with songs וּבְשִׁירִ֤ים (ū·ḇə·šî·rîm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7892: A song, singing and on harps and lyres, וּבְכִנֹּרוֹת֙ (ū·ḇə·ḵin·nō·rō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3658: A harp with tambourines, וּבְתֻפִּ֔ים (ū·ḇə·ṯup·pîm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8596: A timbrel, tambourine cymbals, וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֖יִם (ū·ḇim·ṣil·ta·yim) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - cd Strong's 4700: Double tinklers, cymbals and trumpets. וּבַחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת׃ (ū·ḇa·ḥă·ṣō·ṣə·rō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 2689: (an ancient) trumpet Links 1 Chronicles 13:8 NIV1 Chronicles 13:8 NLT 1 Chronicles 13:8 ESV 1 Chronicles 13:8 NASB 1 Chronicles 13:8 KJV 1 Chronicles 13:8 BibleApps.com 1 Chronicles 13:8 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 13:8 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 13:8 French Bible 1 Chronicles 13:8 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Chronicles 13:8 David and all Israel played before God (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) |
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