2 Samuel 6:14

14 David danzaba con toda su fuerza delante del SEÑOR, y estaba vestido con un efod de lino.

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.

---

FOOTNOTES:

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

2 Samuel 6:14 In-Context

12 Y se dio aviso al rey David, diciéndole: El SEÑOR ha bendecido la casa de Obed-edom y todo lo que le pertenece a causa del arca de Dios. Entonces David fue, y con alegría hizo subir el arca de Dios de la casa de Obed-edom a la ciudad de David.

13 Y sucedió que cuando los portadores del arca del SEÑOR habían andado seis pasos, él sacrificó un buey y un carnero cebado.

14 David danzaba con toda su fuerza delante del SEÑOR, y estaba vestido con un efod de lino.

15 David y toda la casa de Israel hacían subir el arca del SEÑOR con aclamación y sonido de trompeta.

16 Sucedió que cuando el arca del SEÑOR entraba a la ciudad de David, Mical, hija de Saúl, miró desde la ventana y vio al rey David saltando y danzando delante del SEÑOR, y lo menospreció en su corazón.