2 Samuel 6:5

And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all manner of instruments made of cypress-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with sistra, and with cymbals.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.

6And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:16Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp; and it shall be, when the evil spirit from God cometh upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.'

2 Kings 3:15But now bring me a minstrel.' And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

1 Chronicles 15:10of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

Psalms 47:5(47-6) God is gone up amidst shouting, the LORD amidst the sound of the horn.

Psalms 150:3Praise Him with the blast of the horn; praise Him with the psaltery and harp.

Daniel 3:7Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 6:2-6

The Removal of the Ark. ( b. c. 1045.) 1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims. 3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →

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