Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The Philistine - Rather as in the margin. The allusion is not to Goliath, but to one of the expeditions referred to in I Samuel 18:5.
Singing and dancing - Women used to dance to the sound of the timbrel, and to sing as they danced and played.
(instruments of music The word means, an instrument like the triangle, or with three cords.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Samuel 18:6:
Judges 15:16
Psalms 68:11
Psalms 150:4
Isaiah 5:12
Jeremiah 9:10-22
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