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Daniel 3:5

Daniel 3:5
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

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,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Daniel 3:1-7

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

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…

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