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What Is Lyre (harp) in the Bible?

Object

An ancient stringed instrument, like a small harp.

Where it appears in the Bible

2 Samuel 6:5; Psalms 150:3

What the Bible says

2 Samuel 6:5

But David and all Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of wood, on harps and lutes and timbrels and cornets and cymbals.

Psalms 150:3

Praise him with sound of trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: RAE, “cítara”

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