As the
restorer of the Davidic system, Hezekiah completes the act of restitution by
reinstalling the Temple musicians (v. 25; for the verb, cf. 1 Chron. 6:31). The
action of the cult is accompanied and complemented by music and words; the
cymbals, the lutes and the harps are the instruments of the Levites as in 1
Chron. 15:16. Music-making is a form of prophecy in C (1 Chron. 25:1); thus it
stands under the authority of the two prophets associated with the later career
of David, Gad (1 Chron. 21:9) and Nathan (1 Chron. 17:1). Even David is here
subordinated to the prophets as mediums of revelation. (William Johnstone, 1
and 2 Chronicles: 2 Chronicles 10-36, Guilt and Atonement [Journal for the
Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 254; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic
Press, 1997], 196)
