2 Samuel 6 Footnotes
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6:20 Did David expose his nakedness while dancing before the Lord? Though Michal accused David of this, she was probably exaggerating in her anger. David was wearing a linen ephod, a garment worn by priests of the Lord (Ex 28:4). If he was properly dressed as a priest, he would also have worn a linen undergarment (Ex 28:42-43). His modesty would have been preserved even while he was dancing exuberantly. Michal despised David (2Sm 7:16) and, moreover, seemed to have not fully committed herself to the worship of the Lord; she avoided the religious ceremony, even though other women attended (vv. 19-22). Her spurious charges against David were only symptomatic of her deeper spiritual problems.
6:23 This passage indicates that Michal remained childless, whereas the Hebrew MT of 21:8 ascribes five sons to her. An ancient scribal error in the Hebrew text of 21:8, followed by some English versions, seems to be responsible for the discrepancy. The ancient Greek and Syriac (Aramaic) manuscripts, and English translations that follow them, preserve the correct reading.