2 Samuel 6:5

And, David and all the house of Israel, were dancing for joy before Yahweh, with all boldness and with songs,—and with lyres, and with harps, and with timbrels, and with sistrums, and with cymbals.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4So they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in Gibeah, with the ark of God,—and, Ahio, was going before the ark.

6And, when they came as far as the threshing-floor of Nachon, Uzzah thrust forth his hand unto the ark of God, and took hold of it, for the oxen were restive.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 16:16Pray let our lord bid thy servants before thee, seek out a man, skilled in playing on the lyre,—so shall it be, when a sad superhuman spirit cometh on thee, then shall he play with his hand, and thou shalt be joyful.

2 Kings 3:15But, now, bring me one that can touch the strings. For it used to be, when the player touched the strings, then would, the hand of Yahweh, be upon him.

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

Psalms 47:5God hath ascended with a shout, Yahweh, with the sound of a horn.

Psalms 150:3Praise him, with the blast of a horn, Praise him, with the harp and lyre:

Daniel 3:7Wherefore, at the same time—when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the harp, the psaltery, and all kinds of instruments of music, they were falling down—even all the peoples, the races, and the tongues,—adoring the image of gold, which 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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