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2 Samuel 6:16

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14 And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,

15 while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.

As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

17 So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

18 When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.

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BSB
As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
KJV
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.
WEB
As the LORD’s ark came into David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out through the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
ASV
And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.
DARBY
And as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.
BLB
And as the ark of YHWH came into the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the face of YHWH, and she despised him in her heart.
ÅB
Da nå Herrens ark kom inn i Davids stad, så Mikal, Sauls datter, ut igjennom vinduet, og hun så kong David hoppe og danse for Herrens åsyn, og hun foraktet ham i sitt hjerte.
OTB
Så skjedde det, da Herrens ark kom inn i Davids by, at Mikal, Sauls datter, så ut gjennom vinduet og så kong David hoppe og danse foran Herren; og hun foraktet ham i sitt hjerte.
B1930
Da nu Herrens ark kom inn i Davids stad, så Mikal, Sauls datter, ut igjennem vinduet, og hun så kong David hoppe og danse for Herrens åsyn, og hun foraktet ham i sitt hjerte.

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Cross references

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14

    The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:29

    As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

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  • 2 Samuel 3:14

    Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

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  • Acts 2:13

    But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”

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  • Psalms 69:7

    For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.

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  • Isaiah 53:3

    He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

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