Charles — Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Vol. I — Section 1080

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R. H. Charles ed. 1913, Vol. I

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Hab. iii. 19. Cp. VY %S> in 1 Chron. xvi. 42, and Sao ΠῚ in xxxix. 15 above. From the time of David onwards stringed instruments seem to have occupied the most important place among musical instruments in the Temple worship; the £zmor (‘lyre’) and zebe/ (‘harp’) are the only two stringed instruments mentioned in the O. T. outside the Book of Daniel. And set the singing of psalms to harps. Cp. 2 Chron. xvi. 4,5. The meaning seems to be that David composed, or at all events introduced, harp accompaniments to the psalms when sung; ]P>'N means lit. to ‘arrange’ or ‘ put in order’; cp. …

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