2 Samuel 6:16

New English Translation

As the ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:14

David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand: “Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

2 Samuel 5:7

But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the city of David).

2 Samuel 6:15

David and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord, shouting and blowing trumpets.

2 Samuel 6:20

When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul’s daughter, came out to meet him. She said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants’ slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!”

1 Chronicles 15:29

As the ark of the Lord’s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him.

Psalm 123:3

Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

Psalm 69:7

For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.

Acts 2:13

But others jeered at the speakers, saying, “They are drunk on new wine!”

1 Corinthians 2:14

The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Samuel 18:17

Then Saul said to David, “Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior for me and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul thought, “There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 18:20

Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul about this, it pleased him.