David: 1 Chronicles 15:10-24; 1 Samuel 10:5; 2 Samuel 6:5-23; 2 Kings 3:15; Psalms 47:5, Psalms 68:25-27; Psalms 150:3-5
singing: Heb. songs
with harps: The word kinnor:, in Chaldee, kinnora:, in Syraic, kainoro:, in Arabic, kinnarat:, and in Greek κινυρος:, certainly denotes a harp, played on with the hand, according to 1 Samuel 16:23. The number of strings in the harp was at first three; but afterwards they were increased to four, and at last to seven. 1 Chronicles 15:28, 1 Chronicles 16:5, 1 Chronicles 16:42, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 25:1-6; Daniel 3:5-7; Amos 5:23, Amos 6:5
psalteries: Naivel:, or naibel:, in Greek ναβλα:, and in Latin, nablium:, was an instrument of the harp kind; having twelve sounds.