2 Samuel 6:14–22

¹⁴Then David ^pdanced ⁷before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing ^qa linen ephod. ^15rSo David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.

¹⁶Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, ^sMichal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. ¹⁷So ^tthey brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in ^uits place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then David ^voffered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. ¹⁸And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, ^whe blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. ^19xThen he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed, everyone 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 today, ^zuncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the ^abase fellows ⁸shamelessly uncovers himself!”

²¹So David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, ^bwho chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the ^cpeople of the Lord, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the Lord. ²²And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.”