1 Samuel 18:6

New Century Version

After David had killed the Philistine, he and the men returned home. Women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul. They sang songs of joy, danced, and played tambourines and stringed instruments.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:20

Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t announce it in the streets of Ashkelon. If you do, the Philistine women will be happy. The daughters of the Philistines will rejoice.

2 Samuel 6:5

David and all the Israelites were celebrating in the presence of the Lord. They were playing wooden instruments: lyres, harps, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

Psalm 149:3

They should praise him with dancing. They should sing praises to him with tambourines and harps.

Psalm 68:11

The Lord gave the command, and a great army told the news:

Psalm 68:25

The singers are in front and the instruments are behind. In the middle are the girls with the tambourines.

Exodus 15:20

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

Exodus 15:21

Miriam told them: “Sing to the Lord, because he is worthy of great honor; he has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea.”

Isaiah 30:32

When the Lord punishes Assyria with a rod, he will beat them to the music of tambourines and harps; he will fight against them with his mighty weapons.

Judges 11:34

When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, his daughter was the first one to come out to meet him, playing a tambourine and dancing. She was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.

1 Samuel 18:5

Saul sent David to fight in different battles, and David was very successful. Then Saul put David over the soldiers, which pleased Saul’s officers and all the other people.