TRUMPET. Made of ram's horn, Josh. 6:4-6,8,13; of silver, Num. 10:2. Uses of, prescribed by Moses, Num. 10:1-10. Used in war, Job 39:24,25; Jer. 4:19; 6:1,17; 42:14; 51:27; Ezek. 7:14; Amos 2:2; 3:6; Zeph. 1:16; 1 Cor. 14:8. To summon soldiers, by Phinehas, Num. 31:6; by Ehud, Judg. 3:27; by Gideon, Judg. 6:34; by Saul, 1 Sam. 13:3; by Joab, 2 Sam. 2:28; 18:16; 20:22; by Absalom, 2 Sam. 15:10; by Sheba, 2 Sam. 20:1; by Nehemiah, Neh. 4:18,20. By Gideon's soldiers, Judg. 7:8-22. In war, of Abijah, 2 Chr. 13:12,14. In the siege of Jericho, Josh. 6:4-20. Sounded in time of danger, Ezek. 33:3-6; Joel 2:1. Used at Sinai, Ex. 19:13-19; 20:18; Heb. 12:19; on the great day of atonement, Isa. 27:13; at the jubilee, Lev. 25:9; at the bringing up of the ark, 2 Sam. 6:5,15; 1 Chr. 13:8; 15:28; the anointing of kings, 1 Kin. 1:34,39; 2 Kin. 9:13; 11:14; dedication of Solomon's temple, 2 Chr. 5:12,13; 7:6; in worship, 1 Chr. 15:24; 16:42; 25:5; Psa. 81:3,4; at Jehoshaphat's triumph, 2 Chr. 20:28; at the foundation of the second temple, Ezra 3:10,11; at the dedication of the wall, Neh. 12:35,41.

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