The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 5:13 Explained

2 Chronicles 5:13

KJV: 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;

YLT: yea, it cometh to pass, as one are trumpeters and singers, to sound -- one voice -- to praise and to give thanks to Jehovah, and at the lifting up of the sound with trumpets, and with cymbals, and with instruments of song, and at giving praise to Jehovah, for good, for to the age is His kindness, that the house is filled with a cloud -- the house of Jehovah,

Darby: it came to pass when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one voice to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with trumpets, and cymbals, and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah: For he is good,

ASV: it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah,'saying , For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters  {08675;02690:08764} 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; 

What does 2 Chronicles 5:13 Mean?

Study Notes

cloud
See 2 Chronicles 5:11-13 .
glory
Cf. Ephesians 2:22 . What the shekinah glory was to tabernacle and temple, that the Spirit is to the "holy temple," the Church, and to the temple which is the believer's body. 1 Corinthians 6:19 .

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 5

1  The dedicated treasures
2  The solemn induction of the ark into the oracle
11  God being praised, gives a visible sign of his favor

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 5:13 mean?

And indeed it came to pass when as one - the trumpeters and singers [were] to make to be heard sound one in praising and thanking Yahweh and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music and praised Yahweh [saying For] [He is] good for ever His mercy [endures] that the house was filled with a cloud the house of Yahweh
וַיְהִ֣י כְ֠אֶחָד [למחצצרים] (לַמְחַצְּרִ֨ים) וְלַמְשֹֽׁרֲרִ֜ים לְהַשְׁמִ֣יעַ קוֹל־ אֶחָ֗ד לְהַלֵּ֣ל וּלְהֹדוֹת֮ לַיהוָה֒ וּכְהָרִ֣ים ק֠וֹל בַּחֲצֹצְר֨וֹת וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֜יִם וּבִכְלֵ֣י הַשִּׁ֗יר וּבְהַלֵּ֤ל לַיהוָה֙ כִּ֣י ט֔וֹב כִּ֥י לְעוֹלָ֖ם חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְהַבַּ֛יִת מָלֵ֥א עָנָ֖ן בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה

וַיְהִ֣י  And  indeed  it  came  to  pass 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
כְ֠אֶחָד  when  as  one 
Parse: Preposition-k, Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
[למחצצרים]  - 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
(לַמְחַצְּרִ֨ים)  the  trumpeters 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
Root: חַצְצַר 
Sense: to sound a trumpet.
וְלַמְשֹֽׁרֲרִ֜ים  and  singers  [were] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שִׁיר  
Sense: to sing.
לְהַשְׁמִ֣יעַ  to  make  to  be  heard 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
קוֹל־  sound 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
אֶחָ֗ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
לְהַלֵּ֣ל  in  praising 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: הָלַל 
Sense: to shine.
וּלְהֹדוֹת֮  and  thanking 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: יָדָה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast.
לַיהוָה֒  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וּכְהָרִ֣ים  and  when  they  lifted  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: יָרוּם 
Sense: to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted.
ק֠וֹל  their  voice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
בַּחֲצֹצְר֨וֹת  with  the  trumpets 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: חֲצֹצְרָה  
Sense: trumpet, clarion.
וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֜יִם  and  cymbals 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, cd
Root: מְצִלְתַּיִם  
Sense: cymbals.
וּבִכְלֵ֣י  and  instruments 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
הַשִּׁ֗יר  of  music 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁיר 
Sense: song.
וּבְהַלֵּ֤ל  and  praised 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: הָלַל 
Sense: to shine.
לַיהוָה֙  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
כִּ֣י  [saying  For] 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
ט֔וֹב  [He  is]  good 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
לְעוֹלָ֖ם  ever 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.
חַסְדּ֑וֹ  His  mercy  [endures] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: חֶסֶד 
Sense: goodness, kindness, faithfulness.
וְהַבַּ֛יִת  that  the  house 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
מָלֵ֥א  was  filled 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָלֵא 
Sense: to fill, be full.
עָנָ֖ן  with  a  cloud 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עָנָן  
Sense: cloud, cloudy, cloud-mass.
בֵּ֥ית  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְהוָֽה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.