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14 And David was dancing before the Lord with [a]great enthusiasm, and David was [b]wearing a linen ephod [a priest’s upper garment]. 15 So David and all the house of Israel were bringing the ark of the Lord up [to the City of David] with shouts [of joy] and with the sound of the trumpet.

16 Then, as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, [c]Michal, Saul’s daughter [David’s wife], looked down from the window above and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she felt contempt for him in her heart [because she thought him undignified].

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:14 Lit all his might.
  2. 2 Samuel 6:14 Lit girded with.
  3. 2 Samuel 6:16 Michal failed to understand the significance of the event unfolding beneath her window.

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