ried the ark of the Lord had gone six paces,
he sacrificed and ox and a ram:

6:14. And David danced with all his might before the Lord: and David was
girded with a linen ephod.

6:15. And David and all the louse of Israel brought the ark of the
covenant of the Lord with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet.

6:16. And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David,
Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king
David leaping and dancing before the Lord: and she despised him in her
heart.

6:17. And they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in
the midst of the tabernacle, which David had pitched for it: and David
offered holocausts, and peace offerings before the Lord.

6:18. And when he had made an end of offering holocausts and peace
offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

6:19. And he distributed to all the multitude of Israel, both men and
women, to every one, a cake of bread, and a piece of roasted beef, and
fine flour fried with oil: and all the people departed every one to his
own house.

6:20. And David returned to bless his own house: and Michol the daughter
of Saul coming out to meet David, said: How glorious was the king of
Israel to day, uncovering himself before the handmaids of his servants,
and was naked, as if one of the buffoons should be naked.

6:21. And David said to Michol: Before the Lord, who chose me rather
than thy father, and than all his house, and commanded me to be ruler
over the people of the Lord in Israel,

6:22. I will both play and make myself meaner than I have done: and I
will be little in my own eyes: and with the handmaids of whom thou
speakest, I shall appear more glorious.

6:23. Therefore Michol the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of
her death.

2 Kings Chapter 7

David's purpose to build a temple is rewarded with the promise of great
blessings in his seed: his prayer and thanksgiving.

7:1. And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord
had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

7:2. He said to Nathan the prophet: Dost thou see that I dwell in a
house of cedar, and the ark of God is lodged within skins?

7:3. And Nathan said to the king: Go, do all that is in they heart:
because the Lord is with thee.

7:4. But it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came to
Nathan, saying:

7:5. Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith t