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

Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

Let our lord instruct his servants who are here before you to look for a man who knows how to play the lyre. Then whenever the evil spirit from God comes upon you, he can play the lyre and you will feel better."

But now, get me a musician." When the musician played, the Lord energized him,

while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

From the descendants of Uzziel: Amminadab the leader and 112 of his relatives.

God has ascended his throne amid loud shouts; the Lord has ascended his throne amid the blaring of ram's horns.

Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, in the midst of young women playing tambourines.

Praise him with the blast of the horn! Praise him with the lyre and the harp!

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has erected.

Take away from me your noisy songs; I don't want to hear the music of your stringed instruments.

They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.

General references

and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark.