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1 Samuel 18:6
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1 Samuel 18:6
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6 Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the [a]Philistine, that (A)the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments.
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- 1 Samuel 18:6 Philistines
1 Samuel 18:6
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1 Samuel 18:6
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6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing,(A) with joyful songs and with timbrels(B) and lyres.
1 Samuel 18:6
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1 Samuel 18:6
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6 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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1 Chronicles 15:16
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1 Chronicles 15:16
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16 Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy.
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1 Chronicles 15:16
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1 Chronicles 15:16
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16 David(A) told the leaders of the Levites(B) to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians(C) to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.(D)
1 Chronicles 15:16
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1 Chronicles 15:16
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16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
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Psalm 68:25
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Psalm 68:25
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25 (A)The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
Among them were the maidens playing timbrels.
Psalm 68:25
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Psalm 68:25
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Psalm 68:25
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Psalm 68:25
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25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
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Psalm 81:2
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Psalm 81:2
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2 Raise a song and strike the timbrel,
The pleasant harp with the lute.
Psalm 81:2
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Psalm 81:2
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Psalm 81:2
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Psalm 81:2
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2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
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Psalm 149:3
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Psalm 149:3
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3 (A)Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
Psalm 149:3
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Psalm 149:3
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Psalm 149:3
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Psalm 149:3
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3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
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Jeremiah 31:4
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Jeremiah 31:4
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4 Again (A)I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
You shall again be adorned with your (B)tambourines,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.
Jeremiah 31:4
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Jeremiah 31:4
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4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
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