2 Samuel 6:5

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

2 Kings 3:15

Now get me a musician.” As the musician played his harp, the power of the Lord came on Elisha,

1 Chronicles 13:8

while David and all the people danced with all their might to honor God. They sang and played musical instruments—harps, drums, cymbals, and trumpets.

1 Chronicles 15:28

So all the Israelites accompanied the Covenant Box up to Jerusalem with shouts of joy, the sound of trumpets, horns, and cymbals, and the music of harps.

2 Chronicles 20:28

When they reached the city, they marched to the Temple to the music of harps and trumpets.

Psalm 47:5

God goes up to his throne. There are shouts of joy and the blast of trumpets, as the Lord goes up.

Daniel 3:10

Your Majesty has issued an order that as soon as the music starts, everyone is to bow down and worship the gold statue,

Daniel 3:15

Now then, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpets, oboes, lyres, zithers, harps, and all the other instruments, bow down and worship the statue. If you do not, you will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace. Do you think there is any god who can save you?”

Daniel 3:5

You will hear the sound of the trumpets, followed by the playing of oboes, lyres, zithers, and harps; and then all the other instruments will join in. As soon as the music starts, you are to bow down and worship the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

Daniel 3:7

And so, as soon as they heard the sound of the instruments, the people of all the nations, races, and languages bowed down and worshiped the gold statue which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Amos 5:23

Stop your noisy songs; I do not want to listen to your harps.

Amos 6:5

You like to compose songs, as David did, and play them on harps.

1 Samuel 10:5

Then you will go to the Hill of God in Gibeah, where there is a Philistine camp. At the entrance to the town you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the altar on the hill, playing harps, drums, flutes, and lyres. They will be dancing and shouting.

1 Samuel 16:16

So give us the order, sir, and we will look for a man who knows how to play the harp. Then when the evil spirit comes on you, the man can play his harp, and you will be all right again.”