1 Samuel 18:6

New American Standard Bible 2020

Now it happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with other musical instruments.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:20

“Tell it not in Gath, Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, The daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.

2 Samuel 6:5

Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord with all kinds of instruments made of juniper wood, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

Psalm 149:3

They shall praise His name with dancing; They shall sing praises to Him with tambourine and lyre.

Psalm 68:11

¶The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim good news are a great army:

Psalm 68:25

The singers went on, the musicians after them, In the midst of the young women beating tambourines.

Exodus 15:20

Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing.

Exodus 15:21

And Miriam answered them, “Sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted; The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.”

Isaiah 30:32

And every blow of the rod of punishment, Which the Lord will lay on him, Will be with the music of tambourines and lyres; And in battles, brandishing weapons, He will fight them.

Judges 11:34

But Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, and behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. And she was his one and only child; besides her he had no son or daughter.

1 Samuel 18:5

And David went into battle wherever Saul sent him, and always achieved success; so Saul put him in charge of the men of war. And it was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.