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Harp
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- A stringed instrument of music Isaiah 38:20Ezekiel 33:32Habakkuk 3:19
- With three strings (margin) 1 Samuel 18:6
- Ten strings Psalms 33:2Psalms 92:3Psalms 144:9Psalms 150:4
- Originated with Jubal Genesis 4:21
- Made of almug wood 1 Kings 10:12
- David skillful in manipulating 1 Samuel 16:161 Samuel 16:23
- Used in worship 1 Samuel 10:51 Chronicles 16:51 Chronicles 25:1–72 Chronicles 5:122 Chronicles 5:132 Chronicles 29:25Psalms 33:2Psalms 43:4Psalms 49:4Psalms 57:8Psalms 71:22Psalms 81:2Psalms 92:3Psalms 98:5Psalms 108:2Psalms 147:7Psalms 149:3Psalms 150:3
- Used, in national jubilees, after the triumph over Goliath, (margin) 1 Samuel 18:6
- Over the armies of Ammon and Moab 2 Chronicles 20:28
- When the new walls of Jerusalem were dedicated Nehemiah 12:27Nehemiah 12:36
- Used in festivities Genesis 31:27Job 21:11Job 21:12Isaiah 5:12Isaiah 23:16Isaiah 24:8Isaiah 30:32Ezekiel 26:13Revelation 18:22
- In mourning Job 30:31
- Discordant 1 Corinthians 14:7
- Hung on the willows by the captive Jews Psalms 137:2
- Heard in heaven, in John's vision Revelation 5:8Revelation 14:2Revelation 15:2
- The symbol used in the psalmody to indicate when the harp was to be introduced in the music was "Neginoth." See titles of Psalms 4Psalms 6Psalms 54Psalms 55Psalms 61Psalms 67Psalms 76
- See MUSIC, INSTRUMENTS OF