1 Chronicles 15:29
in 1 Chronicles 15As 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.
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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.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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
with shouting, and with sound
on 1 Chronicles 15:28-29
The whole procession sounds together at last: cornet, trumpets, cymbals, psalteries and harps, every instrument named across the chapter joined in one noise as the ark reaches the city. Chronicles keeps Michal's contempt even though it drops her exchange with David and the rest of her story from 2 Samuel 6: the daughter of Saul watches from a window, sees king David dancing, and despises him in her heart, and the sentence is left exactly there. The book that omits David's sin with Bathsheba and the whole Absalom rebellion still finds room for this one line against him, stated and not developed further.
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
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֗י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אֲרוֹן֙ | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| בְּרִ֣ית | berit | [the] covenant of | H1285 → | 284 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בָּ֖א | ba' | [was] coming | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עִ֣יר | ʾir | [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| דָּוִ֑יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וּמִיכַ֨ל | umikhal | and Michal | H4324 → | |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| שָׁא֜וּל | shaul | Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה׀ | nishkefah | she looked down | H8259 → | |
| בְּעַ֣ד | bead | through | H1157 → | 105 times |
| הַחַלּ֗וֹן | hachalon | the window | H2474 → | |
| וַתֵּ֨רֶא | vatere' | and she saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| דָּוִיד֙ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| מְרַקֵּ֣ד | meraked | dancing | H7540 → | |
| וּמְשַׂחֵ֔ק | umesachek | and making merry | H7832 → | |
| וַתִּ֥בֶז | vativez | and she despised | H959 → | |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | <to> him | ||
| בְּלִבָּֽהּ׃ פ | belibah | in heart her | H3820 → | 595 times |
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 stopsEach 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 2:14The 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…
- 1 Corinthians 1:18
Through
2 Samuel 6:16As 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.”
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
Through
Acts 2:13But 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?
- 1 Corinthians 14:23
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.