"And David danced before the LORD with all {his} might; and David {was} girded with a linen ephod." — 2 Samuel 6:14

2 Samuel 6:14 · KJV

“And David danced before the LORD with all {his} might; and David {was} girded with a linen ephod.”

— 2 Samuel 6:14

And it was {so}, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

2 Samuel 6 — Context

And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that {pertaineth} unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

And it was {so}, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

And David danced before the LORD with all {his} might; and David {was} girded with a linen ephod.

So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

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.

Cross References

1 Samuel 2:18

But Samuel ministered before the LORD, {being} a child, girded with a linen ephod.

Exodus 15:20

And 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.

Psalms 149:3

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. {in...: or, with the pipe}

Psalms 150:4

Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. {dance: or, pipe}

Judges 11:34

And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she {was his} only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. {beside...: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself}

Psalms 30:11

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Colossians 3:23

And whatsoever ye do, do {it} heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

1 Samuel 2:28

And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel {to be} my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

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