2 Samuel 6:5 “David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD wit…”

2 Samuel 6:5

David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

World English Bible

David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of cypress wood, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with castanets, and with cymbals.

American Standard Version

And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah with all manner of instruments made of fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Dauid and al the house of Israel played before the Lord on all instruments made of firre, and on harpes, and on Psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

Darby Translation

And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah on all manner of [instruments made of] cypress wood, with harps, and with lutes, and with tambours, and with sistra, and with cymbals.

Young's Literal Translation

and David and all the house of Israel are playing before Jehovah, with all kinds of [instruments] of fir-wood, even with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cornets, and with cymbals.

Bible in Basic English

And David and all the men of Israel made melody before the Lord with all their power, with songs and with corded instruments and instruments of brass.

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Cross references

“David”

1 Chronicles 13:8 Psalm 150:3–5 Amos 5:23 1 Samuel 10:5 1 Samuel 16:16 2 Kings 3:15

1 Chronicles 13:8 · BSB

David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

Psalm 150:3–5 · BSB

Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.

Amos 5:23 · BSB

Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

1 Samuel 10:5 · BSB

After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and l…

1 Samuel 16:16 · BSB

Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”

2 Kings 3:15 · BSB

But now, bring me a harpist. ” And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha

Also

1 Samuel 18:6–7

1 Samuel 18:6–7 · BSB

As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instru…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.

6When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.

Read 2 Samuel 6