The Definition of the word Music

Music

Jubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen. 4:21). The Hebrews were much given to the cultivation of music. Their whole history and literature afford abundant evidence of this. After "the Deluge, the first mention of music is in the account of" Laban's interview with Jacob (Gen. 31:27). After their triumphal "passage of the Red Sea, Moses and the children of Israel sang" their song of deliverance (Ex. 15). "But the period of Samuel, David, and Solomon was the golden age "of Hebrew music, as it was of Hebrew poetry. Music was now for" the first time systematically cultivated. It was an essential part of training in the schools of the prophets (1 Sam. 10:5; 19:19-24; 2 Kings 3:15; 1 Chr. 25:6). There now arose also a class of professional singers (2 Sam. 19:35; Eccl. 2:8). The "temple, however, was the great school of music. In the" conducting of its services large bands of trained singers and players on instruments were constantly employed (2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Chr. 15; 16; 23;5; 25:1-6). "In private life also music seems to have held an important place "among the Hebrews (Eccl. 2:8; Amos 6:4-6; Isa. 5:11, 12; 24:8," 9; Ps. 137; Jer. 48:33; Luke 15:25).