I was reading a portion from The Child’s Story Bible by Catherine Vos
Then Nebuchadnezzar gathered together all the princes and governors and captains and judges and couneslors of the kingdom for the dedication of the image he had set up.
A herald was sent out with a trumpet. He cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and language, that when you hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut…”
Wait a minute. Sackbut? I looked up from the book at Katie. She looked at me. We both exploded in laughter. I think we both asked at the same time, “What’s a sackbut?”
Google to the rescue:
Courtesy of wikipedia: The sackbut is a trombone from the Renaissance and Baroque eras.
Oh, that makes sense. Of course.
And then, from Chloe in the corner to Katie who plays the trombone in band class, “Hey, K9! You play the SACKBUT!”
More giggles. This one is going to stick around for a bit and I have no power to stop it.
What’s a Renaissance and Baroque era instrument doing in 500 BC Daniel?
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Ha. Well I guess wikipedia didn’t know about that. Looks like the Old Testament was actually ahead of its time! 🙂
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Oh, the lovely sackbut. I could teach you a few others, like krummhorn and cornamuse, hurdy-gurdy. Yep, I’ve played ’em in music school.
But then, Debbie has a good point about those instruments showing up in the Bible. 🙂
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Just goes to show you can’t rely on Wikipedia…someone needs to go in and edit that posting!
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