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the garrison. So the Septuagint, Aramaean, and Syriac, but Hebrew text has plural
a company of prophets. The first occurrence of this expression. Probably a school established by Samuel (compare Act_3:24; Act_13:20). The head of such school called "father" (Compare 1Sa_10:12; 1Sa_19:20), or "master" (2Ki_2:3), Such communities found later at Beth-el, Jericho, Gilgal (2Ki_2:3, 2Ki_2:5; 2Ki_4:38); and probably here at Gibeah and Ramah (compare Naioth, 1Sa_19:18, 1Sa_19:20).
psaltery = viol. A stringed instrument, same as lute. Compare 2Sa_6:5. 1Ki_10:12. 1Ch_16:5. Isa_5:12; Isa_5:14. If. Amo_5:23; Amo_6:5.
tabret = drum. Hebrew. toph, Compare 18. c. 2Sa_6:5. Isa_5:12; Isa_24:8; Isa_30:32. Jer_31:4. Eze_28:13. See note on "timbrel. "(Exo_15:20).
pipe = a plain reed, single or double, played like modern flute. Note plural in the Subscription of Psa 5 (Companion Bible).
prophesy. Not necessarily "foretell", but speak in the name of the Lord.