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CYMBALS

A musical instrument (Heb. mĕṣiltayim, ṣelṣĕlîm; Gk. kýmbalon), consisting of two metal (1 Chr. 15:19, bronze) discs or bowls (cf. Gk. kýmbē), held in both hands and struck together. Different sounds (cf. Ps. 150:5) might be obtained from cymbals of different shapes or perhaps by holding the instruments either vertically or horizontally.

Cymbals were employed in the festive return of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 15:16, 28; cf. 13:8) and the dedication of the temple by King Solomon (2 Chr. 5:12-13). Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun were chief cymbalists (1 Chr. 16:5, 42). Later the Levites assumed the functions of cymbalists — during the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:25) and at the postexilic dedication of the foundation of the temple (Ezra 3:10) and of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:27).






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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