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2 Samuel 6:14 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 6 · verse 14
And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.2 Samuel 6:14 · King James Version
2 Samuel 6:14 in context
12And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
13And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
14And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
15So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
16And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
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Key words (Strong's)
- dancedkârarto danceH3769 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- girdedchâgarto gird onH2296 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- linenbadflaxen thread or yarnH906 →
- ephodʼêphôwda girdleH646 →
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We have here the second attempt to bring the ark home to the city of David; and this succeeded, though the former miscarried. I. It should seem the blessing with which the house of Obed-edom was blessed for the ark's sake was a great inducement to David to bring it forward;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-19