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Dan. 6:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were δinstruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him.

or, table.

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Cross References

and passed.

2 Sam. 12:16‑17• ¹⁶{i}And David besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.{/i}
¹⁷{i}And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he ate no bread with them.{/i} (2 Sam. 12:16‑17)

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2 Sam. 19:24• ²⁴{i}And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. Now he had neither washed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.{/i} (2 Sam. 19:24)

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1 Kings 21:27• ²⁷{i}And it came to pass when Ahab heard these words, that he rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.{/i} (1 Kings 21:27)

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Job 21:12• ¹²They lift [their voice] to timbrel and harp,{HR}And rejoice at the sound of a pipe. (Job 21:12)

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Psa. 137:2• ²On willows in its midst we hung our harps. (Psa. 137:2)

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Eccl. 2:8• ⁸I gathered me also silver and gold,{HR}And the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces:{HR}I gat me men singers and women singers,{HR}And the delights of the sons of men, concubines very many. (Eccl. 2:8)

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Isa. 24:8‑9• ⁸The mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
⁹They do not drink wine with a song; strong drink is bitter to them that drink it. (Isa. 24:8‑9)

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Amos 6:4‑6• ⁴that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
⁵that chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;
⁶that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. (Amos 6:4‑6)

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Jonah 3:3‑9• ³So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. {i}Now{/i} Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
⁴And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown!
⁵So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, {i}from the greatest of them even to the least of them.{/i}
⁶{i}And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.{/i}
⁷{i}And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water;{/i}
⁸{i}and let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; and let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.{/i}
⁹Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? (Jonah 3:3‑9)

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Rev. 18:22• ²²And no voice of harpers and musicians and pipers and trumpeters shall be heard any more in thee; and no craftsman of any craft shall be found any more in thee; and no sound of millstone shall be heard any more in thee; (Rev. 18:22)

instruments.

or, table.

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Dan. 2:1• ¹{i}And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.{/i} (Dan. 2:1)

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Esther 6:1• ¹On that night sleep fled from the king; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king. (Esther 6:1)

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Psa. 77:4• ⁴Thou holdest mine eyes watching,{HR}I am troubled and cannot speak. (Psa. 77:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were concubinesb brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

JND Translation Notes

Or "dancing-women"; others, "instruments of music."

W. Kelly Translation

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were concubines brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)