2 Samuel 6:14

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Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the LORD.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 2:18 : 18 Now Samuel was ministering with the favor of the LORD. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.
  • Exod 15:20 : 20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances.
  • Ps 150:4 : 4 Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!
  • Ps 30:11 : 11 Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.
  • Ps 149:3 : 3 Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!
  • Judg 11:34 : 34 When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.
  • 1 Sam 2:28 : 28 I chose your ancestor from all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice on my altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me. I gave to your ancestor’s house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites.
  • 1 Sam 22:18 : 18 Then the king said to Doeg,“You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
  • 1 Chr 15:27 : 27 David was wrapped in a linen robe, as were all the Levites carrying the ark, the musicians, and Kenaniah the supervisor of transport and the musicians; David also wore a linen ephod.
  • Judg 21:21 : 21 and keep your eyes open. When you see the daughters of Shiloh coming out to dance in the celebration, jump out from the vineyards. Each one of you, catch yourself a wife from among the daughters of Shiloh and then go home to the land of Benjamin.
  • Exod 19:6 : 6 and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”
  • Deut 6:5 : 5 You must love the LORD your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.
  • Luke 15:25 : 25 “Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
  • Col 3:23 : 23 Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 15:25-29
    5 verses
    83%

    25So David, the leaders of Israel, and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the house of Obed-Edom with celebration.

    26When God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the LORD’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

    27David was wrapped in a linen robe, as were all the Levites carrying the ark, the musicians, and Kenaniah the supervisor of transport and the musicians; David also wore a linen ephod.

    28All Israel brought up the ark of the LORD’s covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments.

    29As the ark of the LORD’s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him.

  • 2 Sam 6:15-17
    3 verses
    81%

    15David and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the LORD, shouting and blowing trumpets.

    16As the ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him.

    17They brought the ark of the LORD and put it in its place in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 6:12-13
    2 verses
    78%

    12King David was told,“The LORD has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.

    13Those who carried the ark of the LORD took six steps and then David sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf.

  • 1 Chr 13:8
    76%

    8while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

  • 1 Sam 2:18
    73%

    18Now Samuel was ministering with the favor of the LORD. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.

  • 2 Sam 6:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before the LORD, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

    6When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.

  • 2 Sam 6:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9David was afraid of the LORD that day and said,“How will the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”

    10So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Sam 30:7
    72%

    7Then David said to the priest Abiathar son of Ahimelech,“Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

  • 2 Sam 1:11
    72%

    11David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

  • 2 Sam 6:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul’s daughter, came out to meet him. She said,“How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants’ slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!”

    21David replied to Michal,“It was before the LORD! I was celebrating before the LORD, who chose me over your father and his entire family and appointed me as leader over the LORD’s people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 6:2
    71%

    2David and all the men who were with him traveled to Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who sits enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.

  • 1 Sam 23:6
    71%

    6David Eludes Saul Again Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he had brought with him an ephod.

  • Lev 8:7
    71%

    7Then he put the tunic on Aaron, wrapped the sash around him, and clothed him with the robe. Next he put the ephod on him and placed on him the decorated band of the ephod, and fastened the ephod closely to him with the band.

  • 1 Sam 18:6
    71%

    6When the men arrived after David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women from all the cities of Israel came out singing and dancing to meet King Saul. They were happy as they played their tambourines and three-stringed instruments.

  • Ps 149:3
    71%

    3Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!

  • Ps 30:11
    70%

    11Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.

  • 1 Sam 18:4
    70%

    4Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.

  • 1 Sam 17:39
    70%

    39David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul,“I can’t walk in these things, for I’m not used to them.” So David removed them.

  • 1 Chr 15:16
    70%

    16David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully.

  • Ps 150:4
    69%

    4Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    69%

    1David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

  • 1 Chr 15:3
    69%

    3David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the LORD up to the place he had prepared for it.

  • 1 Sam 18:14
    69%

    14Now David achieved success in all he did, for the LORD was with him.

  • 1 Sam 30:16
    69%

    16So he took David down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
    69%

    16David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

  • 2 Sam 12:20
    69%

    20So David got up from the ground, bathed, put on oil, and changed his clothes. He went to the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then, when he entered his palace, he requested that food be brought to him, and he ate.

  • 1 Sam 29:5
    69%

    5Isn’t this David, of whom they sang as they danced,‘Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands’?”

  • 1 Chr 13:12-13
    2 verses
    69%

    12David was afraid of God that day and said,“How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?”

    13So David did not move the ark to the City of David; he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Chr 16:1
    68%

    1David Leads in Worship They brought the ark of God and put it in the middle of the tent David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.

  • 1 Chr 29:20
    68%

    20David told the entire assembly:“Praise the LORD your God!” So the entire assembly praised the LORD God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the LORD and the king.

  • 1 Chr 29:9
    68%

    9The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the LORD with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy.

  • 1 Chr 13:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.

    6David and all Israel went up to Baalah(that is, Kiriath Jearim) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who sits enthroned between the cherubim– the ark that is called by his name.

  • Exod 39:2
    68%

    2The Ephod He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

  • Exod 29:5
    68%

    5and take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastpiece; you are to fasten the ephod on him by using the skillfully woven waistband.

  • 2 Sam 15:30
    68%

    30As David was going up the Mount of Olives, he was weeping as he went; his head was covered and his feet were bare. All the people who were with him also had their heads covered and were weeping as they went up.

  • 1 Sam 18:16
    68%

    16But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.

  • 1 Chr 16:4
    68%

    4He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the LORD, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the LORD God of Israel.

  • Exod 28:8
    68%

    8The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that is on it is to be like it, of one piece with the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.