. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ; and here too the women, with their tim-brels (see especially verses 5, 19, 20, 23), took anImportant share. This fact brings out more mark-edly the feelings of Sauls daughter Michal, keepingaloof from the occasion, and looking through awindow at the scene. She should, in accordancewith the examples of Miriam, &c, have herself ledthe female choir, and so come out to meet the Arkand her lord. She stays with the household (20)and comes out to meet him with reproaches, per-haps feeling that his zeal was a rebuke to herapathy. From the mention of damsel
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ; and here too the women, with their tim-brels (see especially verses 5, 19, 20, 23), took anImportant share. This fact brings out more mark-edly the feelings of Sauls daughter Michal, keepingaloof from the occasion, and looking through awindow at the scene. She should, in accordancewith the examples of Miriam, &c, have herself ledthe female choir, and so come out to meet the Arkand her lord. She stays with the household (20)and comes out to meet him with reproaches, per-haps feeling that his zeal was a rebuke to herapathy. From the mention of damsels, tim-brels, and dances (see No. 2, below) ( 25, cxlix. 3, cl. 4), as elements of religiousworship, it may perhaps be inferred that Davidsfeeling led him to incorporate in its rites that pop-ular mode of festive celebration. This does notseem to have survived him (compare 2 Chr. , xxxv. 4, 15). In later Judaism the dance of menwas practised at the feast of Tabernacles. Loosemorality commonly attended festive dances at. Egyptian dances.—(Wilkinson.) heathen shrines. Said Cicero, No one dances un-less he is either drunk or mad (Kitto). In theearlier period of the Judges the dances of the vir-gins in Shiloh, apart from men (Judg. xxi. 19-23), 1 This date has given rise to many objections, because Je-hoiakims fourth year is identified with Nebuchadnezzarsfirst (Jer. xxv. ]). Various explanations have been proposed,but the text of Daniel suggests the true explanation. Thesecond year of Nebuchadnezzars reign (Dan. ii. 1) falls afterthe completion of Daniels three years training which com-menced with his captivity (i. 1, 5); and this is a clear indica-tion that the expedition mentioned in i. 1 was undertaken inthe last year of Nabopolassar, while as yet Nebuchadnezzarwas not properly king. Some further difficulties appear tohave been satisfactorily removed by Niebuhr. The date inJer. xlvi. 2 is not that of the battle of Carcbemish, but of theprophets warning; and t
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