Verse 20

2 Samuel 6:20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

20 And David returned to bless his own house: and Michol the daughter of Saul coming out to meet David, said: How glorious was the king of Israel to day, uncovering himself before the handmaids of his servants, and was naked, as if one of the buffoons should be naked.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּ֥שָׁב דָּוִ֖ד לְ/בָרֵ֣ךְ אֶת בֵּית֑/וֹ וַ/תֵּצֵ֞א מִיכַ֤ל בַּת שָׁאוּל֙ לִ/קְרַ֣את דָּוִ֔ד וַ/תֹּ֗אמֶר מַה נִּכְבַּ֨ד הַ/יּ֜וֹם מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִגְלָ֤ה הַ/יּוֹם֙ לְ/עֵינֵ֨י אַמְה֣וֹת עֲבָדָ֔י/ו כְּ/הִגָּל֥וֹת נִגְל֖וֹת אַחַ֥ד הָ/רֵקִֽים
English Translation
And David returned to bless his household, and Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, "How the king of Israel has honored himself today, uncovering himself in the eyes of his servants, as one of the empty fellows uncovers himself!"
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Chapter 6 Context
1 And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. Focus ↗
2 And David arose and went, with all the people that were with him of the men of Juda to fetch the ark... Focus ↗
3 And they laid the ark of God (Elohim) upon a new cart: and took it out of the house of Abinadab, who... Focus ↗
4 And when they had taken it out of the house of Abinadab, who was in Gabaa, Ahio having care of the a... Focus ↗
5 But David and all Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of wood, on harps... Focus ↗
6 And when they came to the floor of Nachon, Oza put forth his hand to the ark of God (Elohim), and to... Focus ↗
7 And the indignation of the Lord was enkindled against Oza, and he struck him for his rashness: and h... Focus ↗
8 And David was grieved because the Lord had struck Oza, and the name of that place was called: The st... Focus ↗
9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day, saying: How shall the ark of the Lord come to me? Focus ↗
10 And he would not have the ark of the Lord brought in to himself into the city of David: but he cause... Focus ↗
11 And the ark of the Lord abode in the house of Obededom the Gethite three months: and the Lord blesse... Focus ↗
12 And it was told king David, that the Lord had blessed Obededom, and all that he had, because of the... Focus ↗
13 And when they that carried the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a ram: Focus ↗
14 And David danced with all his might before the Lord: and David was girded with a linen ephod. Focus ↗
15 And David and all the house of Israel brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord with joyful shouti... Focus ↗
16 And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, looking o... Focus ↗
17 And they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle, which... Focus ↗
18 And when he had made an end of offering holocausts and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the... Focus ↗
19 And he distributed to all the multitude of Israel both men and women, to every one, a cake of bread,... Focus ↗
20 And David returned to bless his own house: and Michol the daughter of Saul coming out to meet David,...
21 And David said to Michol: Before the Lord, who chose me rather than thy father, and than all his hou... Focus ↗
22 I will both play and make myself meaner than I have done: and I will be little in my own eyes: and w... Focus ↗
23 Therefore Michol the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death. Focus ↗