Now it happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that (A)the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with other [a]musical instruments.

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  1. 1 Samuel 18:6 Possibly three-stringed lutes

When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing,(A) with joyful songs and with timbrels(B) and lyres.

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(A)I will build you again and you will be rebuilt,
Virgin of Israel!
You will [a]take up your (B)tambourines again,
And go out to the dances of the (C)revelers.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:4 Lit adorn yourself with

I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin(A) Israel, will be rebuilt.(B)
Again you will take up your timbrels(C)
    and go out to dance(D) with the joyful.(E)

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