1 Samuel 18:6
1 Samuel chapter 18 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music.
Context
v.5And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
v.6This passage
v.7And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 31:11
For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
- Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
- Judges 11:34
And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
- Psalms 68:25
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.