1 Samuel 18:6 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 18:6

As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

BSB

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ASV

And 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

And 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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

When David was returned - This verse connects well with the 54th verse of the preceding chapter; and carries on the narration without any break or interruption. See the notes on 1Sa 17:

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The Hebrew women, therefore, were merely paying the customary gratulations to David as the deliverer of their country, but they committed a great indiscretion by praising a subject at the expense of their sovereign.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֣י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
בְּבוֹאָ֗ם	be.vo.'Am	when came they	H935 →
בְּשׁ֤וּב	be.Shuv	when returned	H7725 →
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
מֵהַכּ֣וֹת	me.ha.Kot	from striking down	H5221 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י	ha.pe.lish.Ti	the Philistine	H6430 →
וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה	va.te.Tze.nah	and they came out	H3318 →
הַנָּשִׁ֜ים	ha.na.Shim	the women	H802 →
מִכָּל־	mi.kol	from all	H3605 →
עָרֵ֤י	'a.Rei	[the] cities of	H5892 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לָשִׁ֣יר	la.shor	to sing	H7891 →
וְהַמְּחֹל֔וֹת	ve.ha.me.cho.Lot	and the dancing	H4246 →
לִקְרַ֖את	lik.Rat	to meet	H7122 →
שָׁא֣וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
בְּתֻפִּ֥ים	be.tu.Pim	with tambourines	H8596 →
בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה	be.sim.Chah	with joy	H8057 →
וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃	u.ve.sha.li.Shim	and with three-stringed instruments	H7991 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
leads to
- Psalms 150:4
  Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Judges 11:34
  And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 68:25
  The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
- Psalms 149:3
  Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
- Micah 6:4
  For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
Through
Judges 11:34
And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
leads to
- Exodus 15:20
  Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 31:4
  Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
Through
Psalms 68:25
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 13:8
  David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Samuel