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2 Samuel 6:23 KJV

2 Samuel · chapter 6 · verse 23

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.2 Samuel 6:23 · King James Version

2 Samuel 6:23 in context

21And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.

22And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.

23Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

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Commentary

David, having dismissed the congregation with a blessing, returned to bless his household (Sa2 6:20), that is, to pray with them and for them, and to offer up his family thanksgiving for this national mercy. Ministers must not think that their public performances will excuse them from their family-worship;

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-23

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