2 Samuel 6:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

David 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 13:14 : 14 But now your kingdom will not continue! The LORD has sought out for himself a man who is loyal to him and the LORD has appointed him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the LORD commanded you.”
  • 1 Sam 15:28 : 28 Samuel said to him,“The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you!
  • 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 Samuel Anoints David as King The LORD said to Samuel,“How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.”
  • 1 Sam 16:12 : 12 So Jesse had him brought in. Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The LORD said,“Go and anoint him. This is the one!”
  • 2 Sam 6:5 : 5 while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before the LORD, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.
  • 2 Sam 6:14 : 14 Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 As 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.
  • 1 Chr 15:29 : 29 As 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.
  • Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds. 71 He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation. 72 David cared for them with pure motives; he led them with skill.
  • Ps 89:19-20 : 19 Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said:“I have placed a young hero over a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people. 20 I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king.
  • Acts 13:22 : 22 After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him:‘I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who will accomplish everything I want him to do.’
  • 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

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  • 2 Sam 6:20
    82%

    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!”

  • 2 Sam 6:22
    80%

    22I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!”

  • 2 Sam 6:14-16
    3 verses
    75%

    14Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the LORD.

    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.

  • 1 Chr 28:4
    75%

    4The LORD God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty. Indeed, he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel.

  • 1 Chr 15:29
    74%

    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 5:12
    73%

    12David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:18
    73%

    18David Offers a Prayer to God King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said,“Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?

  • 2 Chr 6:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

    7Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

    8The LORD told my father David,‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

  • 1 Chr 17:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16David Praises God King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said:“Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?

    17And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. You have revealed to me what men long to know, O LORD God.

  • 1 Kgs 8:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

    16He told David,‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

  • 1 Chr 17:7
    72%

    7“So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:“I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel.

  • 1 Sam 18:16-18
    3 verses
    72%

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

    17Then Saul said to David,“Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior for me and fight the battles of the LORD.”For Saul thought,“There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”

    18David said to Saul,“Who am I? Who are my relatives or the clan of my father in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”

  • 1 Sam 16:22
    72%

    22Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying,“Let David be my servant, for I really like him.”

  • 1 Sam 18:20
    71%

    20Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul about this, it pleased him.

  • 2 Sam 7:8
    71%

    8“So now, say this to my servant David:‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel.

  • 1 Chr 14:2
    71%

    2David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:4
    71%

    4He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

  • 1 Sam 18:27-28
    2 verses
    71%

    27when David, along with his men, went out and struck down two hundred Philistine men. David brought their foreskins and presented all of them to the king so he could become the king’s son-in-law. Saul then gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

    28When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

  • 2 Sam 22:1
    70%

    1David Sings to the Lord David sang to the LORD the words of this song when the LORD rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul.

  • 1 Chr 11:2
    70%

    2In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general. The LORD your God said to you,‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’”

  • 2 Sam 5:2
    70%

    2In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. The LORD said to you,‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”

  • 2 Sam 12:7
    70%

    7Nathan said to David,“You are that man! This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.

  • 2 Sam 7:21
    70%

    21For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant.

  • 1 Chr 29:10
    70%

    10David Praises the Lord David praised the LORD before the entire assembly:“O LORD God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore!

  • 1 Sam 19:17
    70%

    17Saul said to Michal,“Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!” Michal replied to Saul,“He said to me,‘Help me get away or else I will kill you!’”

  • 1 Sam 29:5
    70%

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

  • 2 Sam 3:14
    69%

    14David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand:“Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

  • 1 Sam 25:32
    69%

    32Then David said to Abigail,“Praised be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

  • 1 Chr 13:8
    69%

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

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    69%

    1David then said,“This is the place where the temple of the LORD God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”

  • 1 Chr 29:20
    69%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 6:9
    69%

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

  • 1 Sam 24:15
    69%

    15May the LORD be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”

  • 2 Sam 3:18
    69%

    18Act now! For the LORD has said to David,‘By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and from all their enemies.’”

  • 1 Sam 26:19
    69%

    19So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the LORD! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the LORD’s inheritance, saying,‘Go on, serve other gods!’

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    69%

    5On every mission on which Saul sent him, David achieved success. So Saul appointed him over the men of war. This pleased not only all the army, but also Saul’s servants.

  • 1 Sam 16:18
    68%

    18One of his attendants replied,“I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior and is articulate and handsome, for the LORD is with him.”

  • 2 Sam 1:14
    68%

    14David replied to him,“How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

  • 2 Chr 6:10
    68%

    10The LORD has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the LORD God of Israel

  • 1 Sam 18:30
    68%

    30Then the leaders of the Philistines would march out, and as often as they did so, David achieved more success than all of Saul’s servants. His name was held in high esteem.

  • 1 Chr 21:17
    68%

    17David said to God,“Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! As for these sheep– what have they done? O LORD my God, attack me and my family, but remove the plague from your people!”