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2Sa 6:20 — Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

bless		2Sa 6:18; Gen 18:19; Jos 24:15; 1Ch 16:43; Psa 30:1; *title; Psa 101:2
Michal		2Sa 6:16; Psa 69:7-9; Mar 3:21
glorious		Neh 4:3,4; Isa 53:2,3; Jhn 13:6; 1Cr 4:10-13; Phl 2:7,8
uncovered		"We are only to understand by this expression that David had divested himself of his royal robes, in order to appear humble before the LORD, by assimilating himself to the condition of one of the priests or Levites: for we find that he was ""girded with a linen ephod;"" and consequently no part of his body was exposed, having only put off his outer garments. The terms uncovered or naked frequently mean no more than this in Scripture. 2Sa 6:14,16; 1Sa 19:23,24"
vain fellows		Jdg 9:4; Job 30:8
shamelessly		or, openly.

Correlating Passages

bless

	2Sa 6:18	And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
	Gen 18:19	For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
	Jos 24:15	And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
	1Ch 16:43	And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
	Psa 30:1	[[A Psalm [and] Song [at] the dedication of the house of David.]] I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
	Psa 101:2	I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Michal

	2Sa 6:16	And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
	Psa 69:7	Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
	Psa 69:8	I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
	Psa 69:9	For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
	Mar 3:21	And when his friends heard [of it], they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

glorious

	Neh 4:3	Now Tobiah the Ammonite [was] by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
	Neh 4:4	Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
	Isa 53:2	For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.
	Isa 53:3	He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
	Jhn 13:6	Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
	1Cr 4:10	We [are] fools for Christ's sake, but ye [are] wise in Christ; we [are] weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are] honourable, but we [are] despised.
	1Cr 4:11	Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
	1Cr 4:12	And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
	1Cr 4:13	Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, [and are] the offscouring of all things unto this day.
	Phl 2:7	But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
	Phl 2:8	And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

uncovered

	2Sa 6:14	And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen ephod.
	2Sa 6:16	And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
	1Sa 19:23	And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
	1Sa 19:24	And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?

vain fellows

	Jdg 9:4	And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
	Job 30:8	[They were] children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Samuel 6:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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