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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, [a]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].

17 They brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:16 Michal failed to understand the significance of the event unfolding beneath her window.

15 while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts(A) and the sound of trumpets.(B)

16 As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David,(C) Michal(D) 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,(E) and David sacrificed burnt offerings(F) and fellowship offerings before the Lord.

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