2 Samuel 6:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

David

General references

Exodus 37:5

Bible References

David

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed: and when you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them; and they will be acting like prophets:

Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.

But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you the word of the Lord: and they got a player of music, and while the man was playing, the hand of the Lord was on him.

Then David and all Israel made melody before God with all their strength, with songs and corded instruments of music, and with brass instruments and horns.

Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twelve.

God has gone up with a glad cry, the Lord with the sound of the horn.

The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.

Give him praise with the sound of the horn: give him praise with corded instruments of music.

That when the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, comes to your ears, you are to go down on your faces in worship before the image of gold which Nebuchadnezzar the king has put up:

Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.

Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;

General references

These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.