2 Samuel 6:16 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.

Matthew Henry

  • David brings the ark to ZionIt became evident, that happy was the man who had the ark near him. Christ is indeed a Stone of stumbling, and a Rock of offence, to those that are...

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Cross References

  • 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.
  • 2 Samuel 3:14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
  • Psalms 69:7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
  • 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.
  • Acts 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

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Topics

  • Ark Set up in Jerusalem
  • Dancing General scriptures concerning
  • David After three months, David brings the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem with dancing and great joy
  • Family David and Michal
  • Jerusalem The ark of the covenant brought to, by David

Kings of Israel & Judah

  • DavidKing of Israel · 1055–1015 BC

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Places

Bible Dictionary

  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
  • DavidBeloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s...
  • MichalRivulet, or who as God?, the younger of Saul’s two daughters by his wife Ahinoam (1 Sam 14:49, 1 Sam 14:50). “Attracted by the graces of...
  • SaulAsked for. (1.) A king of Edom (Gen 36:37, Gen 36:38); called Shaul in 1 Chr 1:48.

Strong’s Numbers

  • And as the ark אָרוֹן ʼârôwn
  • of the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
  • came בּוֹא bôwʼ
  • into the city עִיר ʻîyr
  • of David דָּוִד Dâvid
  • Michal מִיכָל Mîykâl
  • Saul's שָׁאוּל Shâʼûwl
  • daughter בַּת bath
  • looked שָׁקַף shâqaph
  • through a window חַלּוֹן challôwn
  • and saw רָאָה râʼâh
  • king מֶלֶךְ melek
  • David דָּוִד Dâvid
  • leaping פָּזַז pâzaz
  • and dancing כָּרַר kârar
  • before פָּנִים pânîym
  • the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
  • and she despised בָּזָה bâzâh
  • him in her heart לֵב lêb

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