Study it in the app“And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to hold the dedication and rejoicing, with thanksgivings and with song, cymbals, harps, and with lyres.”
And at the dedicationוּבַחֲנֻכַּתof the wallחוֹמַתof Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםthey soughtבִּקְשׁוּthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּםout of allמִכָּלtheir places,מְקוֹמֹתָםto bring themלַהֲבִיאָםto Jerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִָםto holdלַעֲשֹׂתthe dedicationחֲנֻכָּהand rejoicing,וְשִׂמְחָהwith thanksgivingsוּבְתוֹדוֹתand with song,וּבְשִׁירcymbals,מְצִלְתַּיִםharps,נְבָלִיםand with lyres.וּבְכִנֹּרוֹת
dedication
Dedication: the act of first setting something apart for God, and the offerings made for it. The name of the feast of Hanukkah comes from this word (John 10:22).
Where else “chanukat” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomat” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “bikshu” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekomota” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havia” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appearsjoy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appearsthanksgiving
Grateful praise aloud for what God has done.
Where else “todot” appearssong
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shir” appearscymbals
Cymbals: a pair of metal plates sounded by striking one against the other.
Where else “metsiltayim” appearsharp
A stringed instrument played to accompany singing and praise.
Where else “nevalim” appearslyre
Lyre: a small stringed instrument.
Where else “chinorot” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
26These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
27 · This verse (above)
28And the sons of the singers gathered both from the plain around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathite,
