Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

Tabret

General references

Bible References

Wherefore

Genesis 31:3
Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”
Judges 6:27
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had spoken to him; and because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city to do it by day, he did it by night.

That i

Proverbs 26:23
Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross
Are burning lips and a wicked heart.

With mirth

Genesis 24:59
Thus they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham’s servant and his men.
Job 21:11
“They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.

Tabret

Exodus 15:20
Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dancing.

General references

Job 21:12
“They sing to the timbrel and harp
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.
Psalm 105:14
He permitted no man to oppress them,
And He reproved kings for their sakes: