23. brought near] i.e. to the king and the people.
and they laid their hands] “they” = the representatives of the people, for whom the sacrifice was to be offered, compare Leviticus iv. 15.
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The Levitical Service of Music.
²⁵And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the commandment was of the Lord by his prophets.
25. and of Gad ... and Nathan] Neither of these prophets is elsewhere said to have had a part in inciting David to the organisation of the Temple music with which the Chronicler credits him. Their names are introduced in order to emphasise the value of the musicians of the Temple, whose service is thus declared to have arisen through the inspiration of prophets; compare 1 Chronicles xxviii. 19.
²⁶And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
26. with the instruments] LXX. ἐν ὀργάνοις. Compare 1 Chronicles xxiii. 5.
²⁷And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel. ²⁸And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
27. and the trumpets] Compare 1 Chronicles xv. 24 (note).
together with the instruments of David] Render perhaps, even according to the guidance of the instrument of David, i.e. led (or “accompanied”) by them.