MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
OF THE BIBLE
A) 77 VERSES.
B) THE INVENTERS.
C) THE LIST OF THE INSTRUMENTS.
A) 77 VERSES
There are 77 verses in the Bible that list some type of instrument.
B) THE INVENTERS
FIRST OF ALL, LET’S HAVE A LOOK AT THE INVENTORS
Invented by Jubal: Genesis 4:21.
By David: First Chronicles 23:5; Second Chronicles 7:6; 29:26.
By Unnamed Persons: Amos 6:5.
By Solomon: First Kings 10:12; Second Chronicles 9:11; Ecclesiastes 2:8.
And by Tyrians: Ezekiel 28:13.
C) HERE IS THE LIST (in alphabetical order) OF THE INSTRUMENTS THEMSELVES
AN INSTRUMENT OF TEN STRINGS (“with the psaltery of ten strings:” as the “Targum” & “Septuagint” have it): Psalm 33:2.
BELLS: Worn by the high priest upon his hem: Exodus. 28:33; 39:25.
CORNET (a horn, but not a Trumpet): Daniel 3:5 & 7 & 10.
CYMBALS: First Chronicles 16:5; Psalm 150:5.
DULCIMER (The most probable interpretation is that it was a bag-pipe): Daniel 3:5 & 10 & 15.
FLUTE: Daniel 3:5 & 7 & 10 & 15.
GITTITH (a stringed instrument; possibly a type of harp): Psalm 8:1; 81:1; 84:1.
HARP: Psalm 137:2; Ezekiel 26:13.
LYRE (a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp): Genesis 4:21.
ORGAN (probably composed of pipes furnishing a number of notes): Genesis 4:21; Job 21:12; 30:31; Psalm 150:4.
PIPE: First Kings 1:40; Isaiah 5:12; Jeremiah 48:36.
PSALTERY: Psalm 33:2; 71:22.
RAM’S HORN: Joshua 6:5.
SACKBUT (a stringed instrument resembling a harp; still others believe it to be a triangle shaped instrument with four strings, which was shrill and high in key): Daniel 3:5 & 7 & 10 & 15.
TABRET (tambourine): Genesis 31:27; First Samuel 10:5; 18:6; Isaiah 24:8.
TIMBREL (a tambourine): Exodus 15:20; Psalm 68:25.
TRUMPET (or better, “Shophar,” which is a curved horn): Second Kings 11:14; Second Chronicles 29:27.
TRUMPET #2: In Psalm 98:6 we have straight trumpets and the “cornet,” which is really the standard “trumpet,” or “Shophar” of the Bible.
VIOL (like a lyre but struck with a bow instead of plucked): Isaiah 5:12; 14:11; Amos 5:23; 6:5.