Lede:
Ever wonder what the worship team of ancient times was playing?
Intro:
Ever wonder what the worship team of ancient times was playing? Notes below.
New covenant:
Passage: Acts 25=26
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 59
Words: ~1375
Wisdom:
Passage: Psalm 60
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 12
Words: ~197
Old covenant:
Passage: 2 Samuel 6
Translation: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Verses: 23
Words: ~685
Commentary:
6:5. worship music. These are all typical musical instruments of the time and are attested in ancient Near Eastern texts, reliefs and paintings as early as the third millennium b.c. There is still some disagreement among authorities as to which of the Hebrew words in this passage ought to be translated “harp” and which one as “lyre.” The one the niv translates “lyre” is a ten-stringed instrument, while the one translated “harp” is thought to have had fewer strings. Both are hand-held with frames made of wood. The tambourine has been identified in archaeological reliefs as the tambour, a small drum (leather stretched over a hoop) that would not have the tinny rattle sound of modern tambourines. The fourth instrument (niv “sistrum”) is the most difficult because it only occurs here. It is most commonly considered a shaker or rattle of some sort. The last, cymbals, are made of bronze and are in the percussion group, so the only remaining question concerns their size.(1)
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Sources and resources:
(1) Victor Harold Matthews, Mark W. Chavalas, and John H. Walton, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), 2 Sa 6:5.