2 CHRONICLES 5:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord;”
and when the song was raised, with the trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise of the LORD, 'For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever,' the house of the LORD was filled with a cloud, — The ensemble performed liturgical song, with trumpet and cymbals joining, praising God (לַיהוָה הַלְּלוּ) with the refrain 'For he is good (tov), for his steadfast love endures forever' (כִּי־לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ). The refrain was traditional (appearing in Psalms 100, 118, etc.). As the musicians sang, the house filled with cloud (הֶעָנָן, ha'anan)—the divine presence's physical manifestation. This theophany (divine manifestation) paralleled the Sinai encounter (Exodus 19:18) and the tabernacle dedication (Exodus 40:34–35). The cloud's arrival marked God's acceptance and indwelling of the temple. The simultaneity—musical worship and divine response—demonstrated that praise summoned God's presence. The sensory overwhelming of sound and vision (music and cloud) communicated transcendence breaking into ordinary reality.
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