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2 Samuel 6:162Sam.6.16

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.

KJV

Hebrew original

וְ/הָיָה֙ אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֔ה בָּ֖א עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וּ/מִיכַ֨ל בַּת שָׁא֜וּל נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה בְּעַ֣ד הַ/חַלּ֗וֹן וַ/תֵּ֨רֶא אֶת הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִד֙ מְפַזֵּ֤ז וּ/מְכַרְכֵּר֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַ/תִּ֥בֶז ל֖/וֹ בְּ/לִבָּֽ/הּ

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Comme l'arche de l'Eternel entrait dans la cité de David, Mical, fille de Saül, regardait par la fenêtre, et, voyant le roi David sauter et danser devant l'Eternel, elle le méprisa dans son coeur.

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 183 (Migne)

    enter superbientis feminae reprimat indignationem. Ludam, inquit, et vilior ero in conspectu Domini (II Reg. VI, 14-22) . Cernis igitur quam necessaria et conveniens sit hilaritas in obedientiae exsecutione. Quis enim imperat homini libenter, tristitiam efflanti? Si vis ergo perf…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 184 (Migne)

    et refugias cum Joseph quasi periculosum (Gen. XXXIX, 12) ; vel cum David deponas quasi onerosum (II Reg. VI, 14-20) . Denique ut frequenter expeditus sese daret in saltum, exutus et nudatus est quo tegebatur pallio. Sufficit enim corpori pigritia sua, et illud propria satis po…

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