V: Kingdom, Zion and Temple

Harps

prophetic declaration and priestly praise

Root
1 Chr 25:1-3 · kinnor (H3658)
Old Testament chain
  1. 1 Sam 10:5
  2. 2 Kgs 3:15
  3. 1 Chr 15:16
  4. 1 Chr 25:1-3
  5. Ps 33:2
  6. Ps 92:1-3
  7. Ps 137:2
  8. Rev 5:8
New Testament
Rev 5:8; Rev 14:2; Rev 15:2

The harp first meets prophecy at Gibeah, where Saul met a company of prophets with "a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp" (1 Sam 10:5), and when the minstrel played "the hand of Yahuah came upon" Elisha (2 Kgs 3:15). David then set apart the sons of Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun "who should prophesy with harps" (1 Chr 25:1-3). The Psalms keep the instrument at the center of praise (Ps 33:2; 92:1-3). The book reads the harps of Revelation as the instrument of the Levitical ministry David appointed, so the setting is a priestly assembly. They carry prophetic declaration and priestly praise that testify to what Yahuah has done.

From The Courtroom of Heaven, pp. 67, 76, 224, 239