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2 Samuel 6:20-23
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20 When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house,[a] Michal, Saul’s daughter, came out to meet him.[b] She said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished[c] himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants’ slave girls the way a vulgar fool[d] 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[e] and appointed me as leader over the Lord’s people Israel. 22 I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this.[f] 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 6:20 tn Heb “and David returned to bless his house.”
  2. 2 Samuel 6:20 tn Heb “David.” The name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  3. 2 Samuel 6:20 tn Heb “honored.”
  4. 2 Samuel 6:20 tn Heb “one of the foolish ones.”
  5. 2 Samuel 6:21 tn Heb “all his house”; CEV “anyone else in your family.”
  6. 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 6:20-23
Legacy Standard Bible

20 But David returned to bless his household, and Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel has glorified himself today! (A)He uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids as one of the (B)worthless ones shamelessly uncovers himself!” 21 So David said to Michal, “(C)It was before Yahweh, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Yahweh, over Israel; therefore I will celebrate before Yahweh. 22 And I will be esteemed even more lightly than this and will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with them I will be glorified.” 23 And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.

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