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1 Samuel 18:6

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.

KJV

Porro cum reverteretur percusso Philisthæo David, egressæ sunt mulieres de universis urbibus Israël, cantantes, chorosque ducentes in occursum Saul regis, in tympanis lætitiæ, et in sistris.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἐξῆλθον αἱ χορεύουσαι εἰς συνάντησιν Δαυεὶδ ἐκ πασῶν πόλεων Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τυμπάνοις καὶ ἐν χαρμοσύνῃ καὶ ἐν κυμβάλοις·

LXX

And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music.

ASV

וַ/יְהִ֣י בְּ/בוֹאָ֗/ם בְּ/שׁ֤וּב דָּוִד֙ מֵ/הַכּ֣וֹת אֶת הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י וַ/תֵּצֶ֨אנָה הַ/נָּשִׁ֜ים מִ/כָּל עָרֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ ל/שור לָ/שִׁ֣יר וְ/הַ/מְּחֹל֔וֹת לִ/קְרַ֖את שָׁא֣וּל הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ בְּ/תֻפִּ֥ים בְּ/שִׂמְחָ֖ה וּ/בְ/שָׁלִשִֽׁים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
ו
v
noun · 20×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים
mshrrym
verb · 85×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מְּחֹל֔וֹת
mchlvt
noun · 8×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
קְרַ֣את
qr't
verb · 37×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×
שִׂמְחָֽה
shmchh
noun · 93×
תֻפִּ֖ים
tpym
noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 29:5 — Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
  • 2Sam 1:20 — Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
  • Exod 15:20 — And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
  • Exod 15:20 — And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
  • Judg 11:34 — And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
  • Ps 68:25 — The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.