‏ 1 Chronicles 13:8

David 1Chr 15:10-24; 1Sam 10:5; 2Sam 6:5-23; 2Kgs 3:15; Ps 47:5, Ps 68:25-27; Ps 150:3-5

singing Heb. songs

with harps The word kinnor, in Chaldee, kinnora, in Syraic, kainoro, in Arabic, kinnarat, and in Greek κινυρος, certainly denotes a harp, played on with the hand, according to 1Sam 16:23. The number of strings in the harp was at first three; but afterwards they were increased to four, and at last to seven. 1Chr 15:28, 1Chr 16:5, 1Chr 16:42, 1Chr 23:5, 1Chr 25:1-6; Dan 3:5-7; Amos 5:23, Amos 6:5

psalteries Naivel, or naibel, in Greek ναβλα, and in Latin, nablium, was an instrument of the harp kind; having twelve sounds.

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