2 Samuel 6:16

And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord: and she despised him in her heart.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

In Context

15And David and all the house of Israel brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet.

17And they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle, which David had pitched for it: and David offered holocausts, and peace offerings before the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:20But Michol the other daughter of Saul loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.

1 Chronicles 15:29And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord was come to the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul looking out at a window, saw king David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her heart.

Psalms 123:3Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.

Acts 2:13But others mocking, said: These men are full of new wine.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 6:13-20

Michal Despises David. ( b. c. 1045.) 12 And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. 13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. 15 So David… Read the whole commentary →

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