2 Samuel 6:4-5

6:4 They brought ¹  it with the ark of God up from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Ahio was walking in front of the ark, 6:5 while David and all Israel ²  were energetically celebrating before the Lord, singing ³  and playing various stringed instruments, ⁴  tambourines, rattles, ⁵  and cymbals.

2 Samuel 6:15

6:15 David and all Israel ⁶  were bringing up the ark of the Lord, shouting and blowing trumpets. ⁷ 

[6:4]  ¹ tn Heb “lifted.”

[6:5]  ² tn Heb “all the house of Israel.”

[6:5]  ³ tc Heb “were celebrating before the Lord with all woods of fir” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB). If the text is retained, the last expression must be elliptical, referring to musical instruments made from fir wood. But it is preferable to emend the text in light of 1 Chr 13:8, which reads “were celebrating before the Lord with all strength and with songs.”

[6:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “with zithers [?] and with harps.”

[6:5]  ⁵ tn That is, “sistrums” (so NAB, NIV); ASV, NASB, NRSV, CEV, NLT “castanets.”

[6:15]  ⁶ tc Heb “all the house of Israel.” A few medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack the words “the house.”

[6:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “the shophar” (the ram’s horn trumpet).