Music in the Bible

[Chad]

Music in the Bible

• 1.) What type of instrument did David play to soothe Saul?
  harp
  horn
  timbrets
  trumpet

• 2.) How many priests were to blow trumpets before the ark of God when it was transported from the house of Obed-Edom to Jerusalem?
  100
  70
  12
  7

• 3.) What instruments were used when the ark of God was transported from the house of Obed-Edom to Jerusalem?
  Shouting and cornets.
  Trumpets and cymbals
  Psalteries and harps
  All of the above

• 4.) With what instrument did Miriam lead the women out to sing to the Lord when the Israelites had crossed the Red Sea?
  Harps
  Timbrels
  Trumpets
  Horns

• 5.) What instrument does the prophet Amos say strikes fear into the heart of the people when they hear it?
  Horn
  Trumpet
  Cymbals
  Drum

• 6.) Against what army did Gideon's men blow trumpets and shout "The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!"?
  Abiezrites
  Midianites
  Amalakites
  Manasseh

• 7.) Who was the man in the OT who was "the father of all who play the harp and flute."
  Jival
  Jovial
  Jehal
  Jubal

• 8.) In the book of Revelation, what instrument did the voice that John heard sound like when he was instructed to "Come up here"?
  trumpet
  horn
  cymbal
  tamborine

• 9.) In the book of Revelation, of what city did the angel say "The voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee?"
  Tyre
  Sidon
  Babylon
  Laodicea

• 10.) In the song of Moses and the Lamb in the book of Revelation, God is described as king of what?
  saints
  the universe
  the nations
  kings

 

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Answers to Music In The Bible

1) The answer is the harp. 1st Samuel 16:23- And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and the distressing spirit would depart from him.

2) The answer is 7. 1st Chronicles 15:24- Sheebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah, doorkeepers for the ark.

3) The answer is all of the above. 1st Chronicles 15:28- Thus all of Israel brought up the ark fo the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the horn, with trumpets and with cymbals, making music with stringed instruments and harps.

4) she used the Timbrel. Exodus 15:20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, too the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

5) a trumpet. Amos 3:6- If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid?

6) The Midianites. Judges 7:15-18- And so it was, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshipped. He returned to the camp of Israel, and said, " Arise, for the Lord has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand." The he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet into every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers. And he said to them, " Look at me and do likewise; watch and when I come to the edge of the camp and you shall do as I do; When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then you also blow the trumpets on every side of the whole camp, and say, " The sword of the Lord and of Gideon!"

7) The answer is Jubal. Genesis 4:21- His brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the harp and flute.

8) A trumpet. Revelation 1:10- I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet

9) The answer is Babylon. Rev. 18:21-22- The the mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. The Sound of harpists, musicians, flutists and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore

10) He is described as King of Saints. Rev.15:3- They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: Great and Marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and True are your ways, O King of the saints.