If
asked what instrument King David played most
people would say the harp. Yet the
instrument translated "harp" in the King
James Version (kinnor) was not a harp at
all, but a lyre. The other stringed
instrument David played, translated
"psaltery" by the KJV (nevel), was likewise
not a psaltery -- and it may not have been a
true harp either. According to Josephus (1st
century A.D.), the kinnor had ten strings;
the nevel, twelve.
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