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

¹⁵ So David and all the House of Israel brought the Ark of the LORD with shouting and sound of trumpet.

¹⁶ 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 leap and dance before the LORD. And she despised him in her heart.

²⁰ Then David returned to bless his house. And Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet David, and said, “O how glorious was the king of Israel this day, who was uncovered today in the eyes of the maidens of his servants, as a fool uncovers himself!”

²¹ Then David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, Who chose me rather than your father and all his house, and Commanded me to be ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. And therefore, I will play before the LORD,

²² and will be even more vile than this and will be humble in my own sight. But by the very same maidservants which you have spoken of, I shall be had in honor.”