That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp , sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
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Gill's Exposition
That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet,.... So called of the horn of which it was made; a sort of trumpet; so the Jews had trumpets of rams' horns:
flute; or pipe, or whistle, so called…
Barnes' Notes
That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet - It would not be practicable to determine with precision what kind of instruments of music are denoted by the words used in this verse. They were,…
Adam Clarke
The sound of the Cornet - There is not less difficulty in ascertaining the precise meaning of these musical instruments than there is in the offices in Dan 3:2. קרנא karna, here translated cornet, is…
We have no certainty concerning the date of this story, only that if this image, which Nebuchadnezzar dedicated, had any relation to that which he dreamed of, it is probable that it happened not long…
Cambridge Bible
cornet lit. horn: so Dan 3:3; Dan 3:3; Dan 3:3; elsewhere in this sense only in the -ram's horn," Jos 6:5. The usual Hebrew name for this (or some similar) instrument is shôphâr. The word used here…