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From: Kenneth
What instrument is most mentioned in the Old Testament? Do you know of a web-site in which I can find the answer? Thank you. P.S. I enjoyed reading the reply regarding Halloween.

Hi Kenneth!
We're glad you enjoyed the Halloween reply and thank you for the kind words!

We pulled out our trusty NASB concordance and began to look up various instruments in the Old Testament (Tanakh). Rather than go blind counting each one, we opted to go to http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible? and plug in various instrument names. We restricted our search to Genesis 1:1 - Malachi 4:6. These are just words we thought of. They are probably the most common, but there may be others. The word "horn" returns several listings, but some of those will be animal horns.

trumpet (49 matches)

Exodus 19:16 Exodus 19:19 Exodus 20:18 Joshua 6:5 Joshua 6:20 Judges 3:27 Judges 6:34 Judges 7:18 1 Samuel 13:3 2 Samuel 2:28 2 Samuel 6:15 2 Samuel 15:10 2 Samuel 18:16 2 Samuel 20:1 2 Samuel 20:22 1 Kings 1:34 1 Kings 1:39 1 Kings 1:41 2 Kings 9:13 Nehemiah 4:20 Job 39:24 Job 39:25 Psalms 47:5 Psalms 81:3 Psalms 150:3 Isaiah 18:3 Isaiah 27:13 Isaiah 58:1 Jeremiah 4:5 Jeremiah 4:19 Jeremiah 4:21 Jeremiah 6:1 Jeremiah 6:17 Jeremiah 42:14 Jeremiah 49:2 Jeremiah 51:27 Ezekiel 7:14 Ezekiel 33:3 Ezekiel 33:4 Ezekiel 33:5 Ezekiel 33:6 Hosea 5:8 Hosea 8:1 Joel 2:1 Joel 2:15 Amos 2:2 Amos 3:6 Zephaniah 1:16 Zechariah 9:14

trumpets (48 matches)

Leviticus 23:24 Numbers 10:2 Numbers 10:8 Numbers 10:9 Numbers 10:10 Numbers 29:1 Numbers 31:6 Joshua 6:4(2) Joshua 6:6 Joshua 6:8 (2) Joshua 6:9 (2) Joshua 6:13 (3) Joshua 6:16 Joshua 6:20 Judges 7:8 Judges7:16 Judges 7:18 Judges 7:19 Judges 7:20 (2) Judges 7:22 2 Kings 11:14 2 Kings 12:13 1 Chron 13:8 1 Chron 15:24 1 Chron 15:28 1 Chron 16:6 1 Chron 16:42 2 Chron 5:12 2 Chron 5:13 2 Chron 7:6 2 Chron 13:12 2 Chron 13:14 2 Chron 15:14 2 Chron 20:28 2 Chron 23:13 2 Chron 29:26 2 Chron 29:27 2 Chron 29:28 Ezra 3:10 Nehemiah 12:35 Nehemiah 12:41 Psalms 98:6

harp (23 matches)

1 Samuel 10:5 1 Sam 16:16(2) 1 Samuel 16:23 1 Samuel 18:10 1 Samuel 19:9 1 Chron 25:3 Job 21:12 Job 30:31 Psalms 33:2 Psalms 49:4 Psalms 57:8 Psalms 71:22 Psalms 81:2 Psalms 92:3 Psalms 108:2 Psalms 144:9 Psalms 150:3 Isaiah 5:12 Isaiah 16:11 Isaiah 23:16 Isaiah 24:8 Amos 6:5

harps (18 matches)

2 Samuel 6:5 1 Kings 10:12 1 Chron 13:8 1 Chron 15:16 1 Chron 15:20 1 Chron 15:28 1 Chron 16:5 1 Chron 25:1 1 Chron 25:6 2 Chron 5:12 2 Chron 9:11 2 Chron 20:28 2 Chron 29:25 Nehemiah 12:27 Psalms 137:2 Isaiah 14:11 Ezekiel 26:13 Amos 5:23

lyre (20 matches)

Genesis 4:21 Genesis 31:27 1 Samuel 10:5 Psalms 33:2 Psalms 43:4 Psalms 57:8 Psalms 71:22 Psalms 81:2 Psalms 92:3 Psalms 98:5 (2) Psalms 108:2 Psalms 147:7 Psalms 149:3 Psalms 150:3 Isaiah 5:12 Daniel 3:5 Daniel 3:7 Daniel 3:10 Daniel 3:15

lyres (15 matches)

2 Samuel 6:5 1 Kings 10:12 1 Chron 13:8 1 Chron 15:16 1 Chron 15:21 1 Chron 15:28 1 Chron 16:5 1 Chron 25:1 1 Chron 25:6 2 Chron 5:12 2 Chron 9:11 2 Chron 20:28 2 Chron 29:25 Nehemiah 12:27 Isaiah 30:32

cymbals (16 matches)

2 Samuel 6:5 1 Chron 13:8 1 Chron 15:16 1 Chron 15:19 1 Chron 15:28 1 Chron 16:5 1 Chron 16:42 1 Chron 25:1 1 Chron 25:6 2 Chron 5:12 2 Chron 5:13 2 Chron 29:25 Ezra 3:10 Nehemiah 12:27 Psalms 150:5

flute (9 matches)

1 Samuel 10:5 Job 21:12 Job 30:31 Isaiah 5:12 Isaiah 30:29 Daniel 3:5 Daniel 3:7 Daniel 3:10 Daniel 3:15

flutes (4 matches)

1 Kings 1:40 Psalms 87:7 Jeremiah 48:36 (2)

trigon (4 matches)

Daniel 3:5 Daniel 3:7 Daniel 3:10 Daniel 3:15

psaltery (4 matches)

Daniel 3:5 Daniel 3:7 Daniel 3:10 Daniel 3:15

bagpipe (4 matches)

Daniel 3:5 Daniel 3:7 Daniel 3:10 Daniel 3:15

tambourine (2 matches)

1 Samuel 10:5 Isaiah 5:12

tambourines (8 matches)

Judges 11:34 1 Samuel 18:6 2 Samuel 6:5 1 Chron 13:8 Psalms 68:25 Isaiah 24:8 Isaiah 30:32 Jeremiah 31:4

castanets (1 match)

2 Samuel 6:5

kazoo (no matches : )

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