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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 in her heart.

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ASV

And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.

KJV

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.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהָיָה֙ve.ha.Yahand it wasH1961 →
אֲר֣וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בָּ֖אba'comingH935 →
עִ֣יר'ir[the] city ofH5892 →
דָּוִ֑דda.VidDavidH1732 →
וּמִיכַ֨לu.mi.Khaland MichalH4324 →
בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323 →
שָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586 →
נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה׀nish.ke.Fahshe looked downH8259 →
בְּעַ֣דbe.'AdthroughH1157 →
הַחַלּ֗וֹןha.cha.Lonthe windowH2474 →
וַתֵּ֨רֶאva.Te.re'and she sawH7200 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
דָּוִד֙da.VidDavidH1732 →
מְפַזֵּ֤זme.fa.ZezleapingH6339 →
וּמְכַרְכֵּר֙u.me.khar.Kerand dancingH3769 →
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
וַתִּ֥בֶזva.Ti.vezand she despisedH959 →
ל֖וֹlo<to> <the> him
בְּלִבָּֽהּ׃be.li.Bahin heart herH3820 →

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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.1 Chronicles 15:29As 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.2 Samuel 6:20As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,2 Samuel 3:14Then 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.”Acts 2:13But others mocked them and said, “They are drunk on new wine!”Psalms 149:3Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.2 Samuel 6:21But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,Psalms 69:7For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.Song of Solomon 2:8Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).Genesis 16:4And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.Luke 6:23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.Genesis 6:16You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.Esther 1:17For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’Proverbs 7:6For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

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