2 Chronicles 20 · Verse 28

2 Chronicles 20:28

And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 20:28, King James Version

2 Chronicles 20:28 in other translations

BSBSo they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.
WEBThey came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments, harps, and trumpets to the LORD’s house.
ASVAnd they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah.
YLTAnd they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of Jehovah.
DARBYAnd they came to Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets, to the house of Jehovah.
BBESo they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.
WebsterAnd they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of the LORD.

What does 2 Chronicles 20:28 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 20:20-30

Jehoshaphat exhorted his troops to firm faith in God. Faith inspires a man with true courage; nor will any thing help more to the establishing of the heart in shaking times, than a firm belief of the power, and mercy, and promise of God. In all our trust in the Lord, and our praises of him, let us especially look at his everlasting mercy to sinners through Jesus Christ. Never was an army so destroyed as that of the…

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2 Chronicles 20:28 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uand they cameH935
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
בִּנְבָלִ֥יםbin.va.Limwith lyresH5035
וּבְכִנֹּר֖וֹתu.ve.khi.no.Rotand with harpsH3658
וּבַחֲצֹצְר֑וֹתu.va.cha.tzo.tze.Rotand with trumpetsH2689
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בֵּ֖יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 20:28

  • Revelation 14:2-3

    And 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: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:8

    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.

  • 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:5

    Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

  • Psalms 149:3

    Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

  • Psalms 150:3-5

    Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

  • 1 Chronicles 25:6

    All 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.

  • Psalms 57:8

    Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

  • Psalms 92:3

    Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
with psalteries.Instead of celebrating his own heroism or the valour of his troops on this memorable occasion, this excellent prince sung with his whole army the praises of Jehovah, the God of hosts, who disposes of the victory according to his pleasure. This conduct was becoming the descendant and successor of David, the man after God's own heart, and of a religious people, the peculiar inheritance of Jehovah.
2Sa 6:5; 1Ch 13:8; 23:5; 25:6; Ps 57:8; 92:3; 149:3; 150:3-5
Re 14:2,3

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 20:27

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:28

    And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:29

    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.

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2 Chronicles 20:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y vinieron á Jerusalem con salterios, arpas, y bocinas, á la casa de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils vinrent à Jérusalem, à la maison de l’ Éternel, avec des luths et des harpes et des trompettes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie kamen nach Jerusalem, zum Hause Jehovas, mit Harfen und mit Lauten und mit Trompeten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ingressique sunt in Jerusalem cum psalteriis, et citharis, et tubis in domum Domini.