⁷ Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion ^(A)(that is, the City of David).

¹² Now it was told King David, saying, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” ^(A)So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness.

¹⁶ Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, ^(A)Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.