Jerusalem's wall dedicated with two choirs
Levites and singers gathered for the wall's dedication with thanksgiving, cymbals, harps, and lyres. Two great choirs walked in opposite directions along the wall and met at the house of God, where the people offered sacrifices and rejoiced so loudly that Jerusalem's joy was heard far away (Nehemiah 12:27-43).
27At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres. 28The singers were also assembled from the region around Jerusalem, from the villages of the Netophathites, 29from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.