2 Samuel 6:14

14 Y David danzó ante el Señor
con todas sus fuerzas, vestido con una vestidura sacerdotal.

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 Entonces le dijeron al rey David: «El Señor
ha bendecido a los de la casa de Obed-edom y a todo lo que tiene a causa del arca de Dios». Luego David fue y llevó el arca de Dios de la casa de Obed-edom a la Ciudad de David con gran celebración.

13 Cuando los hombres que llevaban el arca del Señor
dieron apenas seis pasos, David sacrificó un toro y un ternero engordado.

14 Y David danzó ante el Señor
con todas sus fuerzas, vestido con una vestidura sacerdotal.

15 David y todo el pueblo trasladaron el arca del Señor
entre gritos de alegría y toques de cuernos de carnero.

16 Mical desprecia a David
Entonces, cuando el arca del Señor
entraba a la Ciudad de David, Mical, hija de Saúl, se asomó por la ventana. Cuando vio que el rey David saltaba y danzaba ante el Señor
, se llenó de desprecio hacia él.