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1 Samuel 18:6

1 Samuel 18:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Philistine: or, Philistines

the women: ; ; ;

instruments of music: Heb. three stringed instruments, The original shalishim:, is rendered by the Vulgate sistris:. The sistrum: was an ancient Egyptian instrument made of brass, with three, and sometimes more brass rods across; which, being loose in their holes, made a jingling noise when shaken.

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