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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,
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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 is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy. (1 Sam. 10:5)
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1 Sam. 16:16• 16{i}Let 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.{/i} (1 Sam. 16:16)
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2 Kings 3:15• 15But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of Jehovah came upon him. (2 Kings 3:15)
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1 Chron. 13:8• 8{i}And 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.{/i} (1 Chron. 13:8)
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1 Chron. 15:10‑24• 10{i}of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.{/i}
 11{i}And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab;{/i}
 12{i}and he said to them,{/i} Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah God of Israel unto 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 sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah God of Israel.
 15And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah.
 16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
 17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; {i}and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah{/i};
 18{i}and 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;{/i}
 19{i}and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound aloud with cymbals of brass;{/i}
 20{i}and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with lutes on Alamoth;{/i}
 21{i}and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to lead the singing .{/i}
 22{i}And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites for the music, gave instruction in music, for he was skilful.{/i}
 23{i}And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.{/i}
 24{i}And 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.{/i} (1 Chron. 15:10‑24)
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Psa. 47:5• 5God hath gone up with a shout,{HR}Jehovah with the voice of a trumpet. (Psa. 47:5)
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Psa. 68:25‑27• 25Before went singers, behind players on stringed instruments,{HR}In the midst of maidens playing on timbrels.
 26In assemblies bless ye God Adonai,{HR}From the fountain of Israel.
 27There [is] little Benjamin their ruler,{HR}Princes of Judah their council,{HR}Princes of Zebulon, princes of Naphtali. (Psa. 68:25‑27)
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Psa. 150:3‑5• 3Praise him with blast of trumpet;{HR}Praise him with lute and harp.
 4Praise him with timbrel and dance;{HR}Praise him with instruments and pipe.
 5Praise him with loud cymbals;{HR}Praise him with high-sounding cymbals. (Psa. 150:3‑5)
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Dan. 3:5,7,10,15• 5{i}that at what time ye hear{/i} the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer{i}, and all kinds of music, ye{/i} fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;
 7Therefore, at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
 10{i}Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of{/i} the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, {i}and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;{/i}
 15Now, if ye be ready, that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, {i}and all kinds of music{/i}, ye fall down and worship the image that I have made, well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace, and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? (Dan. 3:5,7,10,15)
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Amos 5:23• 23Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. (Amos 5:23)
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Amos 6:5• 5that chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.