2 Samuel 6:12–19

¹²It was reported to King David: “The Lord has blessed Obed-edom’s family and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from Obed-edom’s house to the city of David with rejoicing. ^k13When those carrying the ark of the Lord advanced six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf. ^l14David was dancing ^mwith all his might before the Lord wearing a linen ephod. ⁿ¹⁵He and the whole house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of the ram’s horn. ¹⁶As the ark of the Lord was entering the city of David, ^oSaul’s daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.

¹⁷They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent David had set up for it. ^pThen David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in the Lord’s presence. ¹⁸When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Hosts. ¹⁹Then he distributed a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake to each one in the entire Israelite community, both men and women. ^qThen all the people left, each to his own home.