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. 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. They will be acting like prophets:

So give us the order and we will look for a man who knows how to play the harp. Then when the distressing spirit comes on you, the man can play his harp, and you will be all right again.

Now bring me a musician. As the musician played his harp, the power of Jehovah came on Elisha.

David and all the people of Israel celebrated with all their might before God. They did it with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets.

Leading Uzziel's descendants were Amminadab, who came with one hundred and twelve of his relatives.

God has ascended with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

The singers are in front. The musicians are behind them. The young women beating tambourines are between them.

Praise him with sounds from horns. Praise him with harps and stringed instruments.

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, zither, pipes (bagpipe), and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up.

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

You sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David you improvise on musical instruments.

General references

Then he put them through the rings that were on each side of the Ark.