◄ 2 Chronicles 29:30 ►
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Good News Translation
The king and the leaders of the nation told the Levites to sing to the LORD the songs of praise that were written by David and by Asaph the prophet. So everyone sang with great joy as they knelt and worshiped God.

New Revised Standard Version
King Hezekiah and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and of the seer Asaph. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

Contemporary English Version
Then Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing the songs of praise that David and Asaph the prophet had written. And so they bowed down and joyfully sang praises to the LORD.

New American Bible
King Hezekiah and the princes then told the Levites to sing the praises of the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises till their joy was full, then fell down and worshiped.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ezechias and the princes commanded the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David, and Asaph the seer: and they praised him with great joy, and bowing the knee adored.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Ezechias and the princes commanded the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David, and Asaph the seer: and they praised him with great joy, and bowing the knee adored.

with the words

2 Samuel 23:1,2 Now these are David's last words. David the son of Isai said: The man to whom it was appointed concerning the Christ of the God of Jacob, the excellent psalmist of Israel said: . . .

1 Chronicles 16:7-36 In that day David made Asaph the chief to give praise to the Lord with his brethren. . . .

they sang

Psalm 32:11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, and glory, all ye right of heart.

Psalm 33:1 A psalm for David. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright.

Psalm 95:1,2,6 Come let us praise the Lord with joy: let us joyfully sing to God our saviour. . . .

Psalm 100:1,2 A psalm of praise. . . .

Psalm 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and let the children of Sion be joyful in their king.

Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always: again, I say, rejoice.

Context
Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship
…29And when the oblation was ended, the king, and all that were with him bowed down and adored. 30And Ezechias and the princes commanded the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David, and Asaph the seer: and they praised him with great joy, and bowing the knee adored.31And Ezechias added, and said: You have filled your hands to the Lord, come and offer victims, and praises in the house of the Lord. And all the multitude offered victims, and praises, and holocausts with a devout mind.…
Cross References
Nehemiah 12:46
And all Israel, in the days of Zorobabel, and in the days of Nehemiah gave portions to the singing men, and to the porters, day by day, and they sanctified the Levites, and the Levites sanctified the sons of Aaron.

Psalm 50:1
A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof:

Psalm 100:1
A psalm of praise.

Psalm 106:12
And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.

2 Chronicles 29:29
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