1 Samuel 18:6

God's Word

As they arrived, David was returning from a campaign against the Philistines. Women from all of Israel’s cities came to meet King Saul. They sang and danced, accompanied by tambourines, joyful music, and triangles.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:20

Don’t tell the news in Gath. Don’t announce the victory in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will be glad, and the daughters of godless men will celebrate.

2 Samuel 6:5

David and the entire nation of Israel were celebrating in the Lord’s presence with all kinds of instruments made from cypress wood  and with lyres, harps, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

Psalm 149:3

Let them praise his name with dancing. Let them make music to him with tambourines and lyres,

Psalm 68:11

The Lord gives instructions. The women who announce the good news are a large army.

Psalm 68:25

The singers are in front. The musicians are behind them. The young women beating tambourines are between them.

Exodus 15:20

Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women, dancing with tambourines, followed her.

Exodus 15:21

Miriam sang to them: “Sing to the Lord. He has won a glorious victory. He has thrown horses and their riders into the sea.”

Isaiah 30:32

To the sound of tambourines and lyres, the Lord will pound on them. He will fight them in battle, swinging his fists.

Judges 11:34

When Jephthah went to his home in Mizpah, he saw his daughter coming out to meet him. She was dancing with tambourines in her hands. She was his only child. Jephthah had no other sons or daughters.

1 Samuel 18:5

David was successful wherever Saul sent him. Saul put him in charge of the fighting men. This pleased all the people, including Saul’s officials.