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2 Samuel 6:16-23
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16 As the ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him.[a] 17 They brought the ark of the Lord and put it in its place[b] in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the Lord. 18 When David finished offering the burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. 19 He then handed out to each member of the entire assembly of Israel,[c] both men and women, a portion of bread, a date cake,[d] and a raisin cake. Then all the people went home.[e] 20 When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house,[f] Michal, Saul’s daughter, came out to meet him.[g] She said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished[h] himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants’ slave girls the way a vulgar fool[i] might do!”

21 David replied to Michal, “It was before the Lord! I was celebrating before the Lord, who chose me over your father and his entire family[j] and appointed me as leader over the Lord’s people Israel. 22 I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this.[k] But with the slave girls whom you mentioned, let me be distinguished.” 23 Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, had no children to the day of her death.

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  1. 2 Samuel 6:16 tn The Hebrew text adds “in her heart.” Cf. CEV “she was disgusted (+ with him TEV)”; NLT “was filled with contempt for him”; NCV “she hated him.”
  2. 2 Samuel 6:17 tc The Syriac Peshitta lacks “in its place.”
  3. 2 Samuel 6:19 tn Heb “to all the people, to all the throng of Israel.”
  4. 2 Samuel 6:19 tn The Hebrew word used here אֶשְׁפָּר (ʾespar) is found in the OT only here and in the parallel passage found in 1 Chr 16:3. Its exact meaning is uncertain, although the context indicates that it was a food of some sort (cf. KJV “a good piece of flesh”; NRSV “a portion of meat”). The translation adopted here (“date cake”) follows the lead of the Greek translations of the LXX, Aquila, and Symmachus (cf. NASB, NIV, NLT).
  5. 2 Samuel 6:19 tn Heb “and all the people went, each to his house.”
  6. 2 Samuel 6:20 tn Heb “and David returned to bless his house.”
  7. 2 Samuel 6:20 tn Heb “David.” The name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  8. 2 Samuel 6:20 tn Heb “honored.”
  9. 2 Samuel 6:20 tn Heb “one of the foolish ones.”
  10. 2 Samuel 6:21 tn Heb “all his house”; CEV “anyone else in your family.”
  11. 2 Samuel 6:22 tn Heb “and I will shame myself still more than this and I will be lowly in my eyes.”
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2 Samuel 6:16-23
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16 As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David,(A) Michal(B) daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.

17 They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it,(C) and David sacrificed burnt offerings(D) and fellowship offerings before the Lord. 18 After he had finished sacrificing(E) the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed(F) the people in the name of the Lord Almighty. 19 Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins(G) to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women.(H) And all the people went to their homes.

20 When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked(I) in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”

21 David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed(J) me ruler(K) over the Lord’s people Israel—I will celebrate before the Lord. 22 I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.”

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

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