Ezr 3:10-12 | NETfull | STEP | When the builders established the Lord ’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by King David of Israel.

Ezra 3:10-12

10 When the builders established the Lord’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, ^{▼▼ This was a long, straight, metallic instrument used for signal calls, rather than the traditional ram’s horn (both instruments are typically translated “trumpet” by English versions).} and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by ^{▼▼ Heb “according to the hands of.”} King David of Israel. ^{▼▼ See Ps 107:1; 118:1, 29; 136:1. Cf. 2 Chr 5:13; 7:3; 20:21.} 11 With antiphonal response they sang, ^{▼▼ Heb “they answered.”} praising and glorifying the Lord:

“For he is good;
his loyal love toward Israel is forever.”
All the people gave a loud ^{▼▼ Heb “great.”} shout as they praised the Lord when the temple of the Lord was established. 12 Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders ^{▼▼ Heb “the heads of the fathers.”} – older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established ^{▼▼ The temple had been destroyed some fifty years earlier by the Babylonians in 586 b.c.} – were weeping loudly, ^{▼▼ Heb “with a great voice.”} and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout.