2 Samuel 6:14

14 E Davi dançava com todas as suas forças diante do Senhor; e estava Davi cingido dum éfode de linho.

2 Samuel 6:14 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 6:14

And David danced before the Lord with all [his] might
That is, before the ark of the Lord; not a set dance, or along with others; but he leaped and skipped as "car", a lamb, does, and that for joy that the ark was like to be brought home to his house, without any token of the divine displeasure, as before; the Targum is,

``he praised before the Lord with all his might;''

exerted himself to the uttermost in singing the praises of God vocally, or by playing on an instrument; to which sense are the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, which is approved of by Castel ^F16; who observes, it nowhere appears to have been a custom to dance before the ark; but it might be now done, though not usual, and therefore was observed by Michal with contempt, ( 2 Samuel 6:16 ) ; a later writer ^F17 shows that dancing is the proper sense of the word:

and David [was] girded with a linen ephod;
which others, besides priests, sometimes wore, as Samuel did, and which David might choose to appear in, rather than in his royal robes, as being more agreeable to the service of God, and lighter for him both to walk and dance in on this occasion.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Lexic. col. 1793.
F17 Hackman. Praecidan. Sacr. p. 156, 157.

2 Samuel 6:14 In-Context

12 Então informaram a Davi, dizendo: O Senhor abençoou a casa de Obede-Edom, e tudo quanto é dele, por causa da arca de Deus. Foi, pois, Davi, e com alegria fez subir a arca de Deus, da casa de Obede-Edom para a cidade de Davi.

13 Quando os que levavam a arca do Senhor tinham dado seis passos, ele sacrificou um boi e um animal cevado.

14 E Davi dançava com todas as suas forças diante do Senhor; e estava Davi cingido dum éfode de linho.

15 Assim Davi e toda a casa de Israel subiam, trazendo a arca do Senhor com júbilo e ao som de trombetas.

16 Quando entrava a arca do Senhor na cidade de Davi, Mical, filha de Saul, estava olhando pela janela; e, vendo ao rei Davi saltando e dançando diante do senhor, o desprezou no seu coraçao.