1 Samuel 18:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

David had killed Goliath, the battle was over, and the Israelite army set out for home. As the army went along, women came out of each Israelite town to welcome King Saul. They were singing happy songs and dancing to the music of tambourines and harps.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:20

Don't tell it in Gath or spread the news in the streets of Ashkelon. The godless Philistine women will be happy and jump for joy.

2 Samuel 6:5

Some of the people of Israel were playing music on small harps and other stringed instruments, and on tambourines, castanets, and cymbals. David and the others were happy, and they danced for the LORD with all their might.

Psalm 149:3

Praise his name by dancing and playing music on harps and tambourines.

Psalm 68:11

You gave the command, and a chorus of women told what had happened:

Psalm 68:25

The singers come first, and then the musicians, surrounded by young women playing tambourines.

Exodus 15:20

Miriam the sister of Aaron was a prophet. So she took her tambourine and led the other women out to play their tambourines and to dance.

Exodus 15:21

Then she sang to them: “Sing praises to the LORD for his great victory! He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.”

Isaiah 30:32

He will attack them in battle, and each time he strikes them, it will be to the music of tambourines and harps.

Judges 11:34

When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, the first one to meet him was his daughter. She was playing a tambourine and dancing to celebrate his victory, and she was his only child.

1 Samuel 18:5

David was a success in everything that Saul sent him to do, and Saul made him a high officer in his army. That pleased everyone, including Saul's other officers.