What Does 2 Chronicles 5:13 Mean in the King James?
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The house fills as distinct voices become one sound centered on the LORD’s goodness and faithful love.
THE MEANING
The different voices in and around you can gather into one sound without becoming identical. Their shared praise gives the room a center: the LORD is good, and his faithful love endures. The house fills with cloud, and what is unseen becomes a palpable fullness.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Unity does not require sameness: the trumpets, cymbals, instruments, and voices remain distinct, yet their sound is one.
THE ROOT
אֶחָד
echad
GROWS FROM
אחד
One; united as one.
The same word describes the singers being as one and the single sound they make. Here, oneness holds many voices and instruments together without erasing their distinct sounds.
ALSO GROWS
aḥadim: Ones; joined into one.
אֲחָדִים
The plural form keeps the many visible within the unity the verse describes.
le'ached: To unite, to make one.
לְאַחֵד
This verbal branch makes the movement audible: separate voices are brought into a shared sound.
חֶסֶד
chesed
GROWS FROM
חסד
Faithful, enduring love.
“mercy” in this verse is chesed. The refrain names more than leniency: it declares the LORD’s faithful love as enduring. That shared declaration gives the many voices a common center.
ALSO GROWS
chasid: A faithful or devoted one.
חָסִיד
This branch describes a person by the same quality of faithfulness proclaimed in the song.
chasadim: Acts of faithful love.
חֲסָדִים
The plural form gives enduring love concrete expression through repeated acts.
הַלֵּל
hallel
GROWS FROM
הלל
Praise.
“praising” in this verse is hallel. Praise here is made audible by voices, trumpets, cymbals, and instruments together. The verse shows praise as a shared sound carrying a clear declaration: the LORD is good.
ALSO GROWS
tehillah: Praise; a song of praise.
תְּהִלָּה
This noun names the kind of shared song rising through the house.
hallelu-yah: Praise Yah.
הַלְלוּיָהּ
The same praise-root appears in a compact call that names the one being praised.
THE PATTERN
When distinct voices join around a shared truth, they become a common testimony.
And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.THE THREAD
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:The same Hebrew word, אֶחָד (echad, one), describes the singers’ one sound here and the LORD’s oneness there. Deuteronomy names the unity at the center of their praise; this song gives that unity a sound made of many voices.
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