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1 Chronicles 15:29

in 1 Chronicles 15

As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

KJV

And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 15

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

David dancing and playing--His movements would be slow and solemn, suitable to the grave and solemn character of the music. Though his royal robes were laid aside, he was attired like the other officials, showing a becoming humility in the immediate presence of God.

This site's exposition

all Israel brought up the ark

on 1 Chronicles 15:28-29

Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart. Chronicles keeps this line and drops her exchange with David from 2 Samuel 6, in a book that omits David's sin with Bathsheba.

This site's exposition

Saul’s daughter Michal looked down

Chronicles stops at Michal's contempt, and 2 Samuel 6:20 to 23 goes on to her quarrel with David and her childlessness. Calling her Saul's daughter ties her scorn to the house the LORD set aside in 10:14. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown picture David's dancing as slow and solemn.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul, looking out at a window,.... Of the palace, to see the procession, see 2Sa 6:16 where not only this circumstance is related, and the inward contempt she had David in, because of his behaviour, but also what she said, and what David returned in answer to it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Michal - saw - David dancing - and she despised him - See this whole business explained 2Sa 6:20 (note), etc., where David’s conduct is vindicated, and the nature of Michal’s disgrace and punishment hinted at, but all left to the reader’s determination.

The words behind it

23 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְהִ֗יand it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • אֲרוֹן֙[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727 →202 times

  • בְּרִ֣ית[the] covenant of

    beritH1285 →284 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בָּ֖א[was] coming

    ba'H935 →2568 times

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • עִ֣יר[the] city of

    ʾirH5892 →1090 times

  • דָּוִ֑ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • וּמִיכַ֨לand Michal

    umikhalH4324 →

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • שָׁא֜וּלSaul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה׀she looked down

    nishkefahH8259 →

  • בְּעַ֣דthrough

    beadH1157 →105 times

  • הַחַלּ֗וֹןthe window

    hachalonH2474 →

  • וַתֵּ֨רֶאand she saw

    vatere'H7200 →1300 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַמֶּ֤לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • דָּוִיד֙David

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • מְרַקֵּ֣דdancing

    merakedH7540 →

  • וּמְשַׂחֵ֔קand making merry

    umesachekH7832 →

  • וַתִּ֥בֶזand she despised

    vativezH959 →

  • ל֖וֹ<to> him

    lo

  • בְּלִבָּֽהּ׃ פin heart her

    belibahH3820 →595 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 2:14

    The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 1:18

      For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

    • Romans 8:5–8

      Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

    • Matthew 13:11–17

      He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

    • 2 Corinthians 4:4–6

      The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

    • 1 John 2:27

      And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all…

  • Through

    2 Samuel 6:16

    As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him…

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 2:14

      The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

    • 2 Samuel 3:14

      Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

  • Through

    Acts 2:13

    But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 14:23

      So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 6:20 to 23; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Chronicles 10:14; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.