2 Chronicles 7:6
And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
Cross-reference
In 2 Chronicles 7:3, the people sang 'for his steadfast love endures forever' — the same refrain the Levites use in verse 6, linking their instrumental praise to the congregation's response.
In 2 Chronicles 29:25, Hezekiah reinstates temple music 'according to the commandment of David,' mirroring the same instruments and Davidic origin as here.
2 Chronicles 5:12 describes the same Levitical musicians and priests with trumpets at the ark's arrival — the same group now leading worship at the dedication.
Psalm 118:1-4 repeats the refrain 'his steadfast love endures forever' with calls for Israel, Aaron, and all who fear the LORD to say it — similar to the corporate response at the temple dedication.
Psalm 107:1 begins with the identical call to give thanks, 'for his steadfast love endures forever' — echoing the Levitical worship in the temple.
1 Chronicles 13:8 describes David and Israel celebrating with the same instruments—song, lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, trumpets—echoing the worship scene here.
1 Chronicles 15:16-21 details David's appointment of Levites with psalteries, harps, and cymbals — the same instruments used here.
Psalm 106:1 opens with 'Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever' — the same refrain used by the Levites in the temple dedication.
1 Chronicles 16:4-6 records David appointing Levites to minister before the ark with trumpets and instruments — the same practice at the temple.
1 Chronicles 16:34 records David's psalm with the exact refrain 'for his steadfast love endures forever' — the liturgical formula David provided for temple worship.
1 Chronicles 16:41 includes the identical refrain 'his mercy endureth for ever' sung by Heman and Jeduthun — the same praise.
1 Chronicles 16:42 mentions Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals — the same leaders and instruments used in this dedication.
1 Chronicles 25:1-7 describes David's organization of musicians who prophesy with harps, psalteries, and cymbals — the same musical order.
Numbers 10:10 gives the original command to blow trumpets at feasts and sacrifices, which the trumpets here fulfill.
Psalm 136:1 contains the exact refrain 'his steadfast love endures forever' that the Levites sang here.
1 Chronicles 6:32 notes they ministered with singing until the temple was built — connecting the earlier tabernacle service to this dedication.
1 Chronicles 15:24 specifies priests blowing trumpets before the ark, mirroring the trumpets played by the Levites in this dedication worship.
1 Chronicles 6:31 identifies those 'whom David set over the service of song' — the singers behind the musical worship described here.
Numbers 10:1-10 gives instructions for silver trumpets used by priests for assembly and feasts — the same trumpets sounded by priests at the temple dedication.
Isaiah 64:11 laments the temple's destruction, contrasting the joyful dedication worship described here.
Amos 6:5 critiques those who 'invent instruments of music, like David' for self-indulgence — a contrast to the proper worship here.
1 Chronicles 16:6 records priests regularly blowing trumpets before the ark, a practice reflected in the trumpets here.
Nehemiah 12:27 describes a later dedication with Levites, singing, cymbals, harps, and lyres—similar to the worship scene here.