Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
The women
General references
Bible References
The women
Exodus 15:20
And Miriam, a prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women came out after her with timbrels in a dance.
Judges 11:34
Then Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house. And see, his daughter came out against him, with timbrels and dances, which was his only child: so that beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
Psalm 68:25
The singers go before, the minstrels follow after; in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels.
Jeremiah 31:11
For the LORD shall redeem Jacob, and rid him from the hand of the violent.
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1 Samuel 29:5
Is not this David to whom they sang in dances, 'Saul slew his thousand, but David his ten thousand?'"