2 Chronicles 20:28

Easy-to-Read Version

They entered Jerusalem with lyres, harps, and trumpets and went to the Temple of the Lord .

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So they came into Jerusalem to the Lord’s temple with harps, lyres, and trumpets.

Hebrew Names Version
They came to Yerushalayim with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of the LORD.

King James Version
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord .

English Standard Version
They came to Jerusalem with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the Lord .

New Century Version
They entered Jerusalem with harps, lyres, and trumpets and went to the Temple of the Lord .

New English Translation
They entered Jerusalem to the sound of stringed instruments and trumpets and proceeded to the temple of the Lord .

Amplified Bible
They came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres, and trumpets to the house (temple) of the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
They came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres, and trumpets, to the house of the LORD.

World English Bible
They came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they came to Ierusalem with viols and with harpes, and with trumpets, euen vnto the house of the Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres, and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.

Berean Standard Bible
So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.

Complete Jewish Bible
They came to Yerushalayim with lyres, lutes and trumpets and went to the house of Adonai .

Darby Translation
And they came to Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets, to the house of Jehovah.

George Lamsa Translation
And they came to Jerusalem with songs, harps, lyres, and curved and straight trumpets, to the house of the LORD.

Good News Translation
When they reached the city, they marched to the Temple to the music of harps and trumpets.

Lexham English Bible
And they came to Jerusalem with harps, stringed instruments, and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.

Literal Translation
And they entered Jerusalem with harps and with lyres, and with trumpets, to the house of Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they entred in to Ierusalem with psalteries, harpes & trompettes vnto the house of the LORDE.

American Standard Version
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they came to Hierusalem with psalters and harpes, & shawmes, euen vnto the house of the Lorde.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

King James Version (1611)
And they came to Ierusalem with Psalteries, and harpes, and trumpets, vnto the house of the Lord.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they entered into Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets, going into the house of the lord.

English Revised Version
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei entriden in to Jerusalem with sawtrees, and harpis, and trumpis, in to the hows of the Lord.

Update Bible Version
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of the LORD.

New King James Version
So they came to Jerusalem, with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the LORD.

New Living Translation
They marched into Jerusalem to the music of harps, lyres, and trumpets, and they proceeded to the Temple of the Lord .

New Life Bible
They came to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem with horns and different kinds of harps.

New Revised Standard
They came to Jerusalem, with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the Lord .

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So they came to Jerusalem, with harps and with lyres, and with trumpets, - unto the house of Yahweh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they came into Jerusalem with psalteries, and harps, and trumpets into the house of the Lord.

Revised Standard Version
They came to Jerusalem, with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
And they come in to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, unto the house of Jehovah.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres and trumpets to the house of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

²⁰ Early the next morning, Jehoshaphat's army went out into the desert of Tekoa. As they marched out, Jehoshaphat stood there saying, "Listen to me, men of Judah and Jerusalem. Have faith in the Lord your God, and you will stand strong! Have faith in his prophets, and you will succeed!" ²¹ Jehoshaphat encouraged the men and gave them instructions. Then he had the Temple singers stand up in their special clothes to praise the Lord . They marched in front of the army and sang, "Give thanks to the Lord ! His faithful love will last forever." ²² As they began to sing and to praise God, the Lord set an ambush for the army from Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come to attack Judah. The enemy was defeated! ²³ The Ammonites and the Moabites started to fight the men from Mount Seir. After they killed them, the Ammonites and Moabites turned on themselves and killed each other. ²⁴ The men from Judah arrived at the lookout point in the desert. They looked for the enemy's large army, but all they saw were dead bodies lying on the ground. There were no survivors. ²⁵ Jehoshaphat and his army came to take things from the bodies. They found many animals, riches, clothes, and other valuable things. It was more than Jehoshaphat and his men could carry away. There was so much that they spent three days taking everything from the dead bodies. ²⁶ On the fourth day Jehoshaphat and his army met in the Valley of Beracah. They praised the Lord . That is why people still call that place, "The Valley of Beracah." ²⁷ All the men from Judah and Jerusalem were very happy as they marched back to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat in the front. The Lord made them very happy when he defeated their enemy. ²⁸ They entered Jerusalem with lyres, harps, and trumpets and went to the Temple of the Lord . ²⁹ People in all the surrounding kingdoms became afraid of God when they heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

with psalteries: Instead of celebrating his own heroism or the valour of his troops on this memorable occasion, this excellent prince sung with his whole army the praises of Jehovah, the God of hosts, who disposes of the victory according to his pleasure. This conduct was becoming the descendant and successor of David, the man after God's own heart, and of a religious people, the peculiar inheritance of Jehovah. 2 Samuel 6:5, 1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 25:6, Psalms 57:8, Psalms 92:3, Psalms 149:3, Psalms 150:3-5, Revelation 14:2, Revelation 14:3

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 15:25 - with joy Psalms 30:11 - turned Psalms 100:2 - come Isaiah 30:29 - Ye shall Ezekiel 46:10 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries, and harps, and trumpets,.... The three principal instruments of music used in singing the praises of God; these they played upon as they came to the city, and entered it, and passed through it:

unto the house of the Lord; the temple, there to offer praise and thanksgiving again.