1 Samuel 18:6

Good News Translation

As David was returning after killing Goliath and as the soldiers were coming back home, women from every town in Israel came out to meet King Saul. They were singing joyful songs, dancing, and playing tambourines and lyres.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:20

Do not announce it in Gath or in the streets of Ashkelon. Do not make the women of Philistia glad; do not let the daughters of pagans rejoice.

2 Samuel 6:5

David and all the Israelites were dancing and singing with all their might to honor the Lord. They were playing harps, lyres, drums, rattles, and cymbals.

Psalm 149:3

Praise his name with dancing; play drums and harps in praise of him.

Psalm 68:11

The Lord gave the command, and many women carried the news:

Psalm 68:25

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

Exodus 15:20

The prophet Miriam, Aaron's sister, took her tambourine, and all the women followed her, playing tambourines and dancing.

Exodus 15:21

Miriam sang for them: “Sing to the Lord, because he has won a glorious victory; he has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.”

Isaiah 30:32

As the Lord strikes them again and again, his people will keep time with the music of drums and harps. God himself will fight against the Assyrians.

Judges 11:34

When Jephthah went back home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him, dancing and playing the tambourine. She was his only child.

1 Samuel 18:5

David was successful in all the missions on which Saul sent him, and so Saul made him an officer in his army. This pleased all of Saul's officers and men.