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2 Samuel 6:16

DavidMichalSaul
ShamePride

14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

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.

17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering 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

    But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:29

    And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

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  • 2 Samuel 3:14

    And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

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  • Acts 2:13

    Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

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  • Psalms 69:7

    Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

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  • Isaiah 53:3

    He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

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