2 Samuel 6:14–22

¹⁴And David ^qdanced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded ^rwith 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 ^slooked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. ¹⁷And ^tthey brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in ^uhis place, in the midst of the ^vtabernacle that David had ^†pitched for it: and David ^woffered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. ¹⁸And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, ^xhe blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. ¹⁹And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. ^ySo all the people departed every one to his house. ^20yThen David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who ^zuncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the ^avain fellows ^||shamelessly uncovereth himself! ²¹And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, ^bwhich chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore ^cwill 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.