The people of Israel were celebrating the Israelite victory over the Philistines.1 Women would often come out of their homes to sing, dance, and play on musical instruments (Exodus 15:20; Judges 11:34).2 In this case, it appears as if people came from all over Israel to dance and sing either in Gibeah (Saul’s hometown) or the villages and towns that lay between the battle site and Gibeah.
6 Comme ils revenaient, lors du retour de David après qu'il eut tué le Philistin, les femmes sortirent de toutes les villes d'Israël au-devant du roi Saül, en chantant et en dansant, au son des tambourins et des triangles, et en poussant des cris de joie.