2 Chronicles 29:30

29:30 King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to praise the Lord, using the psalms ¹  of David and Asaph the prophet. ²  So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped.

2 Chronicles 5:13

5:13 The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: ³  “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!” Then a cloud filled the Lord’s temple. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 20:19

20:19 Then some Levites, from the Kohathites and Korahites, got up and loudly praised the Lord God of Israel. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 20:21

20:21 He met ⁶  with the people and appointed musicians to play before the Lord and praise his majestic splendor. As they marched ahead of the warriors they said: “Give thanks to the Lord, for his loyal love endures.” ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 23:12

23:12 When Athaliah heard the royal guard ⁸  shouting and praising the king, she joined the crowd ⁹  at the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 7:6

7:6 The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the Lord. ¹⁰  (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the Lord and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, “Certainly his loyal love endures.”) ¹¹  Opposite the Levites, ¹²  the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.

2 Chronicles 8:14

8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon ¹³  appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, ¹⁴  and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. ¹⁵  This was what David the man of God had ordered. ¹⁶ 

2 Chronicles 23:13

23:13 Then she saw ¹⁷  the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, “Treason! Treason!” ¹⁸ 

2 Chronicles 30:21

30:21 The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the Lord every day with all their might. ¹⁹ 

2 Chronicles 31:2

The People Contribute to the Temple

31:2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks ²⁰  – to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary. ²¹ 

[29:30]  ¹ tn Heb “with the words.”

[29:30]  ² tn Or “seer.”

[5:13]  ³ tn Heb “like one were the trumpeters and the musicians, causing one voice to be heard, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, and while raising a voice with trumpets and with cymbals and with instruments of music, and while praising the Lord.”

[5:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the house was filled with a cloud, the house of the Lord.”

[20:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “arose to praise the Lord God of Israel with a very loud voice.”

[20:21]  ⁷ tn Or “consulted.”

[20:21]  ⁸ tn Or “is eternal.”

[23:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Athaliah heard the sound of the people, the runners.”

[23:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “she came to the people.”

[7:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the priests were standing at their posts, and the Levites with the instruments of music of the Lord.”

[7:6]  ¹² tn Heb “which David the king made to give thanks to the Lord, for lasting is his loyal love, when David praised by them.”

[7:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “opposite them”; the referent (the Levites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:14]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”

[8:14]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

[8:14]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”

[23:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and she saw, and behold.”

[23:13]  ¹⁶ tn Or “Conspiracy! Conspiracy!”

[30:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and they were praising the Lord day by day, the Levites and the priests with instruments of strength to the Lord.” The phrase בִּכְלֵי־עֹז (bikhley-’oz, “with instruments of strength”) might refer to loud sounding musical instruments (NASB “with loud instruments”; NEB “with unrestrained fervour”). The present translation assumes an emendation to בְּכָל־עֹז (bÿkhol-’oz, “with all strength”); see 1 Chr 13:8, as well as HALOT 805 s.v. I עֹז and BDB 739 s.v. עֹז).

[31:2]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each in accordance with his service for the priests and for the Levites.”

[31:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “in the gates of the encampments of the Lord.”