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 people, and I will be with you.”
Judges 6:27
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did just as the Lord had told him; but because he was too afraid of his father’s household (relatives) and the men of the city to do it during daylight, he did it at night.

That i

Proverbs 26:23

Like a [common] clay vessel covered with the silver dross [making it appear silver when it has no real value]
Are burning lips [murmuring manipulative words] and a wicked heart.

With mirth

Genesis 24:59
So they sent off their sister Rebekah and her nurse [Deborah, as her attendant] and Abraham’s servant [Eliezer] and his men.
Job 21:11

“They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children skip about.

Tabret

Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron [and Moses], took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.

General references

Job 21:12

“They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
Psalm 105:14

He allowed no man to oppress them;
He rebuked kings for their sakes, saying,