KJV King James Version
And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
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1 Chronicles 15:29
And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
WEB World English Bible
It happened, as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is entering in unto the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul is looking through the window, and seeth king David dancing and playing, and despiseth him in her heart.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 15
26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
27 And David [was] clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also [had] upon him an ephod of linen.
28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
29 And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
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וַיְהִ֗יH1961 · ha.yahto beאֲרוֹן֙H727 · a.ronarkבְּרִ֣יתH1285 · be.ritcovenantיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבָּ֖אH935 · boto come (in): comeעַד־H5704 · adtillעִ֣ירH5892 · irexcitementדָּוִ֑ידH1732 · da.vidDavidוּמִיכַ֨לH4324 · mi.khalMichalבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterשָׁא֜וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulנִשְׁקְפָ֣ה׀H8259 · sha.qaphto lookבְּעַ֣דH1157 · be.adabout/through/forהַחַלּ֗וֹןH2474 · chal.lonwindowוַתֵּ֨רֶאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמֶּ֤לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingדָּוִיד֙H1732 · da.vidDavidמְרַקֵּ֣דH7540 · ra.qadto skip aboutוּמְשַׂחֵ֔קH7832 · sa.chaqto laughוַתִּ֥בֶזH959 · ba.zahto despiseל֖וֹH9033 · ohimבְּלִבָּֽהּ׃ פH3820 · levheart
Cross-references
2 Samuel 6:20-23Then 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 uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!2 Samuel 6:16And 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.Psalm 30:11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;Psalm 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.Hebrews 9:4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;Jeremiah 3:16And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit [it]; neither shall [that] be done any more.Jeremiah 33:11The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD [is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.1 Samuel 4:3And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.1 Samuel 25:44But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which [was] of Gallim.Jeremiah 30:19And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.Deuteronomy 31:26Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.Judges 20:27And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God [was] there in those days,Psalm 150:4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.Acts 2:13Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.1 Samuel 18:27-28Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.2 Corinthians 5:13For whether we be beside ourselves, [it is] to God: or whether we be sober, [it is] for your cause.Numbers 10:33And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.
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