2 Samuele 6:14

14 E Davide saltava di tutta forza davanti al Signore, essendo cinto d’un Efod di lino.

2 Samuele 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 Samuele 6:14 In-Context

12 E fu rapportato e detto al re Davide: Il Signore ha benedetta la casa di Obed-Edom, e tutto quello ch’è suo, per cagione dell’Arca di Dio. Laonde Davide andò, e fece portare l’Arca di Dio dalla casa di Obed-Edom nella città di Davide, con allegrezza.

13 E, quando quelli che portavano l’Arca del Signore erano camminati sei passi, Davide sacrificava un bue e un montone grasso.

14 E Davide saltava di tutta forza davanti al Signore, essendo cinto d’un Efod di lino.

15 Così Davide e tutta la casa d’Israele conducevano l’Arca del Signore, con grida di allegrezza, e con suono di trombe.

16 Or avvenne che, come l’Arca del Signore entrava nella città di Davide, Mical, figliuola di Saulle, riguardò dalla finestra, e vide il re Davide che saltava di forza in presenza del Signore; e lo sprezzò nel cuor suo.