And 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.
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Gill's Exposition
And they brought in the ark of the Lord,.... Into the city of David, the strong hold of Zion:
and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: or "stretched…
Barnes' Notes
She despised him in her heart - In the days of Saul the ark had been neglected 1Ch 13:3, and Saul had in everything shown himself to be an irreligious king. Michal seems to have been of a like spirit.…
Adam Clarke
She despised him in her heart - She did not blame him outwardly; she thought he had disgraced himself, but she kept her mind to herself.
We have here the second attempt to bring the ark home to the city of David; and this succeeded, though the former miscarried.
I. It should seem the blessing with which the house of Obed-edom was…
Cambridge Bible
leaping and dancing Two peculiar words, the first found here only, the second only here and in 2Sa 6:6, are used to denote the special modes of dancing anciently employed in religious solemnities. In…
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