2 Samuel 6:5

³ They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,

⁴ bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.

David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.

⁶ When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.

⁷ And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
KJV: And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
WEB: David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of cypress wood, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with castanets, and with cymbals.
ASV: And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah with all manner of [instruments made of] fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals.
DARBY: And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah on all manner of [instruments made of] cypress wood, with harps, and with lutes, and with tambours, and with sistra, and with cymbals.
BLB: And David and all the house of Israel were playing before the face of YHWH on all kinds of wood instruments of cypress, and on harps, and on stringed instruments, and on tambourines, and on sistrums, and on cymbals.

ÅB: Og David og hele Israels hus lekte for Herrens åsyn til alle slags strengelek av cypresstre, både citarer og harper og trommer og bjeller og cymbler.
OTB: Samtidig feiret David og hele Israels hus foran Herren med forskjellige instrumenter laget av einer, sammen med lyrer, harper, tamburiner, bjeller og cymbaler.
B1930: Og David og hele Israels hus lekte for Herrens åsyn til alle slags strengelek av cypresstre, både citarer og harper og trommer og bjeller og cymbler.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 150:3–5
Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
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1 Chronicles 13:8
David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
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Amos 5:23
Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
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Psalms 68:25–27
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
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1 Chronicles 15:10–24
and from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the chief and 112 of his relatives.
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Daniel 3:5
As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
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Daniel 3:7
Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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Daniel 3:10
You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,
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