The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music.

to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.

Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of transport, for he was well-informed on this matter; ¹ 

They sing ¹  to the tune of ²  stringed instruments; ³  like David they invent ⁴  musical instruments.

“Now his older son was in the field. As ¹  he came and approached the house, he heard music ²  and dancing.

David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully. ¹ 

I will silence ¹  the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more.

and his colleagues – Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani – with musical instruments of ¹  David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.) ² 

Heman and Jeduthun were in charge of the music, including the trumpets, cymbals, and the other musical instruments used in praising God. The sons of Jeduthun guarded the entrance. ¹ 

They sing ¹  to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute.

Sing ¹  a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!

Sing to the Lord accompanied by a harp, accompanied by a harp and the sound of music!

Offer to the Lord a song of thanks! ¹  Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!

I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp. ¹ 

Take away from me your ¹  noisy songs; I don’t want to hear the music of your stringed instruments. ² 

You have issued an edict, O king, that everyone must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music.

Every blow from his punishing cudgel, ¹  with which the Lord will beat them, ²  will be accompanied by music from the ³  tambourine and harp, and he will attack them with his weapons. ⁴ 

All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the Lord’s temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king.

The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam (descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians,

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, ¹  trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must ²  bow down and pay homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has erected.