⁸ And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

⁵ Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

²⁶ And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

²⁷ And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

³⁶ And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

¹² They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

⁵ Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

⁵ That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;