²¹ His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments^(A) and pipes.^(B)

³⁴ When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing^(A) to the sound of timbrels!^(B) She was an only child.^(C) Except for her he had neither son nor daughter.

²¹ and watch. When the young women of Shiloh come out to join in the dancing,^(A) rush from the vineyards and each of you seize one of them to be your wife. Then return to the land of Benjamin.

⁶ 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.

⁵ David and all Israel were celebrating^(A) with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,^[a] harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.^(B)

¹⁴ Wearing a linen ephod,^(A) David was dancing^(B) before the Lord with all his might,

¹⁶ As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David,^(A) Michal^(B) daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.