The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 98:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

With trumpet and sound of cornet; rather, with clarions and voice of trumpet. The chatsotseroth are "the straight trumpets, such as are seen on the Arch of Titus, used by the priests for giving signals" (Kay).

The shophar is the ordinary curved or rounded trumpet or horn. Make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King; literally, before the King, Jehovah. (On the use of wind instruments in the temple service, see 1 Chronicles 15:24, 1 Chronicles 15:28; 2 Chronicles 5:12; Ezra 3:10.

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