The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
... Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating
before the Lord with all kinds of instruments made of fir wood, and
with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets and cymbals ...
And David was dancing before the Lord with all his might , and David
was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel were
bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouting and the sound of the
trumpet . Then it happened as the ark of the Lord came into the
city of David that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the
window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord ; and
she despised him in her heart.
... Further, he distributed to all the people, to all the multitude
of Israel, both to men and women, a cake of bread and one of dates
and one of raisins to each one. But when David returned to bless
his household, Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David
and said, "How the king of Israel distinguished himself today!… as
one of the foolish ones…"
So David said to Michal, "It was before the Lord, Who chose me above
your father and above all his house, to appoint me ruler over the
people of the Lord, over Israel; therefore I will celebrate before
the Lord. I will become even more undignified than this, and I will
be humiliated in my own eyes..."
* Saul's daughter Michal is one of the Prophet David (pbuh)'s wives.
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