2 Samuel 6:22

I will be yet more vile than this, and will be base in my own sight. But of the handmaids of whom you have spoken, they shall honor me."

New Heart English Bible

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

21David said to Michal, "It was before the Lord, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the Lord, over Israel. Therefore will I celebrate before the Lord.

23Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:30"Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever.' But now the Lord says, 'Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Job 42:6Therefore I abhor myself,and repent in dust and ashes."

Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the strikers, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.

Matthew 5:11"Blessed are you when men insult you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

1 Timothy 1:15The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

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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