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2 Samuel 6

2 Sam. 6:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
and all the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
played
sachaq (Hebrew #7832)
to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to play
KJV usage: deride, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.
Pronounce: saw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
on all manner of instruments made of fir
browsh (Hebrew #1265)
a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
KJV usage: fir (tree).
Pronounce: ber-osh'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
wood
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
, even on harps
kinnowr (Hebrew #3658)
a harp
KJV usage: harp.
Pronounce: kin-nore'
Origin: from a unused root meaning to twang
, and on psalteries
nebel (Hebrew #5035)
from 5034; a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)
KJV usage: bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.
Pronounce: neh'-bel
Origin: or nebel {nay'-bel}
, and on timbrels
toph (Hebrew #8596)
a tambourine
KJV usage: tabret, timbrel.
Pronounce: tofe
Origin: from 8608 contracted
, and on cornets
mna`na` (Hebrew #4517)
a sistrum (so called from its rattling sound)
KJV usage: cornet.
Pronounce: men-ah-ah'
Origin: from 5128
, and on cymbals
tslatsal (Hebrew #6767)
a clatter, i.e. (abstractly) whirring (of wings); (concretely) a cricket; also a harpoon (as rattling), a cymbal (as clanging)
KJV usage: cymbal, locust, shadowing, spear.
Pronounce: tsel-aw-tsal'
Origin: from 6750 reduplicated
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cymbals,
David,
Fir; Fir-Tree,
House,
Israel,
Psaltery,
Timbrel

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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David.
1 Sam. 10:5• 5After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where are the outposts of the Philistines; and it shall come to pass, when thou comest thither, into the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with lute and tambour and pipe and harp before them; and they themselves prophesying. (1 Sam. 10:5)
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1 Sam. 16:16• 16Let our lord now speak; thy servants are before thee: they shall seek out a man, a skilful player on a harp; and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. (1 Sam. 16:16)
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2 Kings 3:15• 15And now fetch me a minstrel. And it came to pass when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah was upon him. (2 Kings 3:15)
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1 Chron. 13:8• 8And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with lutes, and with tambours, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. (1 Chron. 13:8)
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1 Chron. 15:10‑24• 10of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.
 11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab;
 12and he said to them, Ye are the chief fathers of the Levites; hallow yourselves, ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it.
 13For because ye did it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
 14So the priests and the Levites hallowed themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.
 15And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves upon them, as Moses had commanded according to the word of Jehovah.
 16And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren, the singers, with instruments of music, lutes, and harps, and cymbals, that they should sound aloud, lifting up the voice with joy.
 17And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
 18and with them their brethren of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers;
 19and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound aloud with cymbals of brass;
 20and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with lutes on Alamoth;
 21and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to lead the singing.
 22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites for the music, gave instruction in music, for he was skilful.
 23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
 24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew with the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehijah were doorkeepers for the ark. (1 Chron. 15:10‑24)
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Psa. 47:5• 5God is gone up amid shouting, Jehovah amid the sound of the trumpet. (Psa. 47:5)
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Psa. 68:25‑27• 25The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.
 26In the congregations bless ye God, the Lord,--ye from the fountain of Israel.
 27There is little Benjamin, their ruler; the princes of Judah, their company; the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali. (Psa. 68:25‑27)
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Psa. 150:3‑5• 3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with lute and harp;
 4Praise him with the tambour and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and the pipe;
 5Praise him with loud cymbals; praise him with high sounding cymbals. (Psa. 150:3‑5)
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Dan. 3:5,7,10,15• 5that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;
 7Therefore at that time when all the peoples heard the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, 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.
 10Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
 15Now if ye be ready at the time that ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast that same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hands? (Dan. 3:5,7,10,15)
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Amos 5:23• 23Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes; (Amos 5:23)
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Amos 6:5• 5that chant to the sound of the lute, and invent them instruments of music, like David; (Amos 6:5)
on all manner.This place should doubtless be corrected from the parallel place, 1 Ch 13:8; where, instead of {bechol âtzey beroshim,} which is literally, "with all trees or wood of fir," we read {bechol ôz oovesheerim,} "with all their might, and with songs."
This makes a good sense, while the former makes none: the LXX. have the same reading here, [en ischui, kai en odais.]
• David has no excuse, because he ought not to be ignorant of this. This is all the more striking as he was full of joy at the thought of finally giving His God the place due to Him. (“The Ark at Zion: 2 Samuel 6” by H.L. Rossier)
• Something was missing. There were no trumpets: those silver trumpets which ought to have sounded when the ark set out (Num. 10:1-10; cf. Psa. 150 and 2 Sam. 6:15). It was only a detail, you may say, like the new cart; but this detail revealed a fact of serious significance: David had not taken the Word of God as the rule for his conduct. (“The Ark at Zion: 2 Samuel 6” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah on all manner of instruments made of cypress woodd, with harps, and with lutes, and with tambours, and with sistra, and with cymbals.

JND Translation Notes

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Others, "with all their might and with singing." see 1 Chron. 13.8.