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And David was wearing a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And David danced before the LORD with all <i>his</i> might; and David <i>was</i> girded with a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then David danced before the LORD with all <i>his</i> might; and David <i>was</i> wearing a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And David was dancing before the LORD with all <i>his</i> strength, and David was wearing a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And David was dancing before the LORD with all his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And David was dancing before the LORD with all <i>his</i> might, and David was wearing a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And David was dancing before Yahweh with all <i>his</i> strength, and David was girded with a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And David was dancing before the LORD with great enthusiasm, and David was wearing a linen ephod [a priest’s upper garment].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />David was dancing with all his might before the LORD wearing a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />David was dancing with all his might before the LORD wearing a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And David danced before Jehovah with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He was dancing for the LORD with all his might, but he wore only a linen cloth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Wearing a linen ephod, David danced in the LORD's presence with all his might. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />David, wearing only a linen cloth around his waist, danced with all his might to honor the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />dancing in front of the LORD with all of his strength and wearing a linen ephod. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and he was clothed in a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And David is dancing with all [his] strength before YHWH, and David is girded with a linen ephod,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And David is dancing with all strength before Jehovah, and David is girded with a linen ephod,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And David leaping with all strength before Jehovah: and David was girded with a linen ephod.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And David danced with all his might before the Lord: and David was girded with a linen ephod. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And David danced with all his ability before the Lord. And David was girded with the linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then David came dancing before the LORD with abandon, girt with a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />David danced before the LORD with all his might; David was girded with a linen ephod.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And David sang praises before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And David sang with all his strength before LORD JEHOVAH, and David was wearing an ephod of linen<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And David sounded with well-tuned instruments before the Lord, and David <i>was</i> clothed with a fine long robe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/6-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=1562" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/6.htm">The Ark Brought to Jerusalem</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: wə·ḏā·wiḏ (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">And David,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: wə·ḏā·wiḏ (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2296.htm" title="2296: ḥā·ḡūr (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To gird, gird on, gird oneself. A primitive root; to gird on.">wearing</a> <a href="/hebrew/906.htm" title="906: bāḏ (N-ms) -- White linen. Perhaps from badad; flaxen thread or yarn; hence, a linen garment.">a linen</a> <a href="/hebrew/646.htm" title="646: ’ê·p̄ō·wḏ (N-msc) -- Rarely oephod; probably of foreign derivation; a girdle; specifically the ephod or high-priest's shoulder- piece; also generally, an image.">ephod,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3769.htm" title="3769: mə·ḵar·kêr (V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- To dance. A primitive root; to dance.">danced</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">with all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5797.htm" title="5797: ‘ōz (N-ms) -- Strength, might. Or rowz; from azaz; strength in various applications.">his might</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-27.htm">1 Chronicles 15:27-29</a></span><br />Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod. / So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/149-3.htm">Psalm 149:3</a></span><br />Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/150-4.htm">Psalm 150:4</a></span><br />Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Exodus 15:20-21</a></span><br />Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. / And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/13-8.htm">1 Chronicles 13:8</a></span><br />David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-42.htm">1 Chronicles 16:42</a></span><br />Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm">1 Chronicles 23:5</a></span><br />4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-6.htm">1 Chronicles 25:6</a></span><br />All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-5.htm">1 Kings 8:5</a></span><br />There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-12.htm">2 Chronicles 5:12-13</a></span><br />all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. / The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-25.htm">2 Chronicles 29:25-30</a></span><br />Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets. / The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. / And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/12-27.htm">Nehemiah 12:27</a></span><br />At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/30-11.htm">Psalm 30:11</a></span><br />You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/33-2.htm">Psalm 33:2-3</a></span><br />Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings. / Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Psalm 68:25</a></span><br />The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.</p><p class="hdg">danced</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Exodus 15:20</a></b></br> And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/11-34.htm">Judges 11:34</a></b></br> And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she <i>was his</i> only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/21-21.htm">Judges 21:21</a></b></br> And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.</p><p class="hdg">with all this</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a></b></br> And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/9-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:10</a></b></br> Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do <i>it</i> with thy might; for <i>there is</i> no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/colossians/3-23.htm">Colossians 3:23</a></b></br> And whatsoever ye do, do <i>it</i> heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;</p><p class="hdg">girded</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-18.htm">1 Samuel 2:18,28</a></b></br> But Samuel ministered before the LORD, <i>being</i> a child, girded with a linen ephod… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/22-18.htm">1 Samuel 22:18</a></b></br> And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/15-27.htm">1 Chronicles 15:27</a></b></br> And David <i>was</i> clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also <i>had</i> upon him an ephod of linen.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/1-24.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/21-11.htm">Danced</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-16.htm">Dancing</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-12.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-7.htm">Ephod</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-13.htm">Girded</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-18.htm">Linen</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-39.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-14.htm">Wearing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/11-29.htm">Clothed</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-26.htm">Danced</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-16.htm">Dancing</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-15.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-27.htm">Ephod</a> <a href="/2_samuel/20-8.htm">Girded</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-28.htm">Linen</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-12.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-18.htm">Wearing</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/6-1.htm">David fetches the ark from Kirjath Jearim on a new cart,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/6-6.htm">Uzzah is smitten at Perez Uzzah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/6-9.htm">God blesses Obed-Edom for the ark</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/6-12.htm">David brings the ark into Zion with sacrifices, and dances before it; </a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/6-16.htm">for which Michal despises him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/6-17.htm">He places it in a tabernacle with great joy and feasting</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/6-20.htm">Michal, reproving David for his joy, is childless to her death</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And David, wearing a linen ephod,</b><br>David's choice of attire, a linen ephod, is significant. The ephod was a priestly garment, typically worn by those serving in the temple (<a href="/1_samuel/2-18.htm">1 Samuel 2:18</a>). By wearing it, David demonstrates humility and a desire to worship God in a manner that transcends his royal status. This act symbolizes his role as a servant leader, aligning himself with the priestly function of worship. The linen material signifies purity and holiness, often associated with priestly duties (<a href="/exodus/28-6.htm">Exodus 28:6-8</a>). David's actions foreshadow the priestly role of Jesus Christ, who is both King and Priest (<a href="/hebrews/7-17.htm">Hebrews 7:17</a>).<p><b>danced with all his might</b><br>David's dance is an expression of exuberant worship and joy. His uninhibited celebration reflects a heart fully devoted to God, emphasizing the importance of worship that engages the whole being. This act of dancing is a physical manifestation of spiritual joy, reminiscent of <a href="/psalms/150-4.htm">Psalm 150:4</a>, which encourages praising God with dance. David's wholehearted worship serves as a model for believers, illustrating that worship should be passionate and sincere. His dance also contrasts with the more reserved and formal worship practices of the time, highlighting the personal and intimate relationship he has with God.<p><b>before the LORD,</b><br>David's dance is directed towards the LORD, indicating that his actions are an act of worship and reverence. The phrase "before the LORD" underscores the presence of God as the central focus of the celebration. This moment occurs during the transportation of the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, a significant event symbolizing God's presence among His people (<a href="/2_samuel/6-2.htm">2 Samuel 6:2-3</a>). The Ark represents God's throne on earth, and David's dance before it signifies his acknowledgment of God's sovereignty and his submission to divine authority. This act of worship parallels the reverence shown by Jesus, who consistently sought to honor and glorify the Father (<a href="/john/17-4.htm">John 17:4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The King of Israel, known for his deep devotion to God. In this passage, he is leading the procession of the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/linen_ephod.htm">Linen Ephod</a></b><br>A priestly garment, symbolizing humility and service. David wore this instead of his royal robes, indicating his submission to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ark_of_the_covenant.htm">The Ark of the Covenant</a></b><br>A sacred chest that held the tablets of the Ten Commandments, representing God's presence with His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city of David, where he established his capital and brought the Ark, signifying God's dwelling among His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, Yahweh, before whom David danced, showing his worship and reverence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/w/worship_with_abandon.htm">Worship with Abandon</a></b><br>David's dance was an expression of wholehearted worship. We are called to worship God with all our might, holding nothing back.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_in_worship.htm">Humility in Worship</a></b><br>By wearing a linen ephod, David set aside his kingly status. True worship requires humility and a focus on God's greatness rather than our own.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/joy_in_god's_presence.htm">Joy in God's Presence</a></b><br>The return of the Ark symbolized God's presence. Our worship should be filled with joy because of the nearness of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_expressions_of_worship.htm">Cultural Expressions of Worship</a></b><br>David's dance was culturally appropriate for his time. We should consider how our cultural expressions can honor God in worship today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_in_worship.htm">Leadership in Worship</a></b><br>As a leader, David set an example for the people. Leaders today should model sincere and passionate worship.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_david's_dance_plausible_for_a_king.htm">2 Samuel 6:14 – How plausible is David’s public dancing without concern for royal decorum, given the cultural norms of ancient Near Eastern kings? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/michal's_punishment__biblical_marriage_views.htm">2 Samuel 6:20–23 – How does Michal's punishment for her criticism align with other biblical teachings on marriage and respect between spouses? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'holy_roller'_mean.htm">What does "holy roller" mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/ark_to_jerusalem__before_or_after_philistines.htm">When did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after? After (2 Samuel 5 and 6) Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">David danced.</span>--The religious dances on occasions of great national blessing were usually performed by women only (<a href="/context/exodus/15-20.htm" title="And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.">Exodus 15:20-21</a>; <a href="/judges/11-34.htm" title="And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.">Judges 11:34</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/18-6.htm" title="And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.">1Samuel 18:6</a>). The king, by now taking part in them himself, marked his strong sense of the importance of the occasion, and his readiness to do his utmost in God's honour.<p><span class= "bld">Girded with a linen ephod.</span>--This is usually spoken of as if David were arrayed in a distinctively priestly dress; but it is remarkable that the ephod was not prescribed as a part of the priestly dress--the ephod of the <span class= "ital">high-priest </span>(<a href="/exodus/25-7.htm" title="Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.">Exodus 25:7</a>, &c.) being quite a different thing--and was worn by others, as Samuel (<a href="/1_samuel/2-18.htm" title="But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.">1Samuel 2:18</a>). The wearing of the ephod, however, is spoken of in <a href="/1_samuel/22-18.htm" title="And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.">1Samuel 22:18</a> as characteristic of the priests, and in <a href="/judges/8-27.htm" title="And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.">Judges 8:27</a>; <a href="/judges/17-5.htm" title="And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.">Judges 17:5</a>; <a href="/context/judges/18-14.htm" title="Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.">Judges 18:14-20</a>, it is connected with idolatrous worship. It is also to be noted that the high priest's ephod (<a href="/exodus/28-6.htm" title="And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work.">Exodus 28:6</a>; <a href="/exodus/28-8.htm" title="And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.">Exodus 28:8</a>, &c.) was made of <span class= "ital">shesh, </span>while the garments of the ordinary priests, as well as the ephods of Samuel and David, were of <span class= "ital">bad. </span>The explanation seems to be that the ephod of <span class= "ital">bad </span>was simply a garment worn by any one engaged in a religious service, and it is used in <a href="/1_samuel/22-18.htm" title="And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.">1Samuel 22:18</a> to describe the priests, because such service constituted their ordinary life. It was not, therefore, a peculiarly priestly dress, though naturally more worn by them than by any one else. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And David danced.</span> The word used means the springing round in half circles to the sound of music. Conder has given a very interesting account of the dancing of the Malawiyeh, which consisted in turning round in whole circles, resting on the heel of the left foot ('Herb and Moab,' p. 65, etc.). As David danced with all his might, he was evidently strongly excited with religious fervour. We have the expression of his feelings in the psalm composed for this occasion (<a href="/1_chronicles/16-7.htm">1 Chronicles 16:7-36</a>); subsequently it seems to have been rearranged for the temple service, as it is broken up into <a href="/psalms/96.htm">Psalm 96</a>. and Psalms 105:1-15. Dancing was usually the office of the women (<a href="/exodus/15-20.htm">Exodus 15:20</a>; <a href="/judges/11-35.htm">Judges 11:35</a>; <a href="/judges/21-21.htm">Judges 21:21</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/18-6.htm">1 Samuel 18:6</a>); but men may also have often taken part in it, as Michal's objection was that it was unbefitting a king. <span class="cmt_word">David was girded with a linen ephod.</span> David wore this as a tightly fitting garment, which left him free to exert himself in the dance. So far from the use of it being an assumption of the priestly office, it was regarded by Michal as an act of humiliation, as it was a dress worn even by a child when admitted to service in a priest's family (<a href="/1_samuel/2-18.htm">1 Samuel 2:18</a>). Probably David did mean to rank himself for the time among the inferior servitors of the ark. He might have claimed more. In the theocracy he was the representative of Jehovah, and his anointing was a solemn consecration to a religious office. To have burned incense or offered sacrifice would have been to invade the priestly office, an office parallel to "the administration of the Word and the sacraments," denied, in the Thirty-Seventh Article of the Church of England, to princes. To wear the garb of a servitor was to do honour both to Jehovah and to his priests. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/6-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And David,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְדָוִ֛ד</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḏā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wearing</span><br /><span class="heb">חָג֖וּר</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ḡūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2296.htm">Strong's 2296: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gird, gird on, gird oneself</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a linen</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(bāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_906.htm">Strong's 906: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flaxen thread, yarn, a linen garment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ephod,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵפ֥וֹד</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·p̄ō·wḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_646.htm">Strong's 646: </a> </span><span class="str2">A girdle, the ephod, highpriest's shoulder-piece, an image</span><br /><br /><span class="word">danced</span><br /><span class="heb">מְכַרְכֵּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḵar·kêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3769.htm">Strong's 3769: </a> </span><span class="str2">To dance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with all</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his might</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹ֖ז</span> <span class="translit">(‘ōz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5797.htm">Strong's 5797: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength, might</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/6-14.htm">2 Samuel 6:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/6-14.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 6:14 David danced before Yahweh with all his (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/6-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 6:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 6:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/6-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 6:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 6:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>