⁵ Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel ^(A)were celebrating before the Lord ^(B)with all kinds of instruments made of ^[a]fir wood, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets and cymbals.

⁸ David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, ^(A)even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals and with trumpets.

¹⁶ Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites ^(A)to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

¹⁰ Now when the builders had ^(A)laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, ^[a]the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord ^(B)according to the ^[b]directions of King David of Israel.

Dedication of the Wall

²⁷ Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs ^(A)to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres.