2 Samuel 6:22

And I will again uncover myself thus, and I will be vile in thine eyes, and with the maid-servants by whom thou saidst that I was + 6:22 Alex. omits the negative, but still differs from the Hebrew.not had in honour.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.

In Context

21And David said to Melchol, I will dance before the Lord. Blessed be the Lord who chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to make me head over his people, even over Israel: therefore I will play, and dance before the Lord.

23And Melchol the daughter of Saul had no child till the day of her death.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:30Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, I said, Thy house and the house of thy father shall pass before me for ever: but now the Lord says, That be far from me; for I will only honour them that honour me, and he that sets me at nought shall be despised.

Job 42:6Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.

Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to scourges, and my cheeks to blows; and I turned not away my face from the shame of spitting:

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 6:21-23

David Expostulates with Michal. ( b. c. 1045.) 20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! 21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord , which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord , over Israel:… Read the whole commentary →

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