1 Samuel 18:6

As they were coming [home], when David returned from killing the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tambourines, [songs of] joy, and musical instruments.

Exodus 15:20

Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron [and Moses], took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.

Judges 11:34

Then Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, and this is what he saw: his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. And she was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

Psalm 68:25


The singers go in front, the players of instruments last;
Between them the maidens playing on tambourines.

Jeremiah 31:11-13


For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
And has redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

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Summary

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.

General references

Bible References

The women

Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron [and Moses], took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.
Judges 11:34
Then Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, and this is what he saw: his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. And she was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.
Psalm 68:25

The singers go in front, the players of instruments last;
Between them the maidens playing on tambourines.
Jeremiah 31:11

For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
And has redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.

General references

1 Samuel 29:5
Is this not David, of whom they used to sing in dances,‘Saul killed his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”