the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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2 Samuel 6:21
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before: 2 Samuel 6:14, 2 Samuel 6:16, 1 Corinthians 10:31
chose: 1 Samuel 13:14, 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 16:12, Psalms 78:70-72, Psalms 89:19, Psalms 89:20, Acts 13:22
play: 2 Samuel 6:5, 1 Chronicles 15:29
Reciprocal: Judges 21:21 - dance 2 Samuel 7:8 - ruler 2 Samuel 21:9 - before the Lord 1 Chronicles 17:7 - ruler Job 2:10 - as one Psalms 75:7 - he putteth Acts 7:46 - found 2 Corinthians 5:13 - it is to 1 Thessalonians 3:9 - before
Cross-References
Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God and wander about in hunger?
Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of meat?
Who provides for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry to God, [And] wander for lack of food?
Who gives food to the birds when their young cry out to God and wander about without food?
Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food.
Who provides for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry to God, And wander for lack of food?
"Who provides prey for the raven When its young cry to God And wander about without food?
Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?
Who makith redi for the crowe his mete, whanne hise briddis crien to God, and wandren aboute, for tho han not meetis?
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And David said unto Michal, [it was] before the Lord,.... Before the ark of the Lord, what was done was done there; she upbraided him with his dancing and singing, which was designed for the honour and glory of God, and in thankfulness to him for the bringing the ark to his city, and therefore she ought not to have reproached him with it, and he adds,
which chose me before thy father, and before all his house; see
1 Samuel 13:14; which he observed to humble her pride, and mortify her, as well as to remark the distinguishing goodness of God to him, which laid him under obligation to express his thankfulness to him in every shape:
to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel; which was a high honour conferred upon him, and required the utmost gratitude:
therefore will I play before the Lord; upon the harp, or praise before him, as the Targum, sing his praise before the ark, unto any instrument of music, without once imagining I disgrace myself, on the contrary think it to be the highest honour to me to be employed in such service.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Play - See 2 Samuel 6:5 note. The speech might be paraphrased, Before the Lord which chose me, etc., yea, before the Lord have I danced. He humbles Michal’s pride by the allusion to her father’s rejection, and shows by Saul’s example how little pride contributes to the stability of greatness. Therefore, for his part, he will not think anything done for the glory of God too mean for him; and if he cannot have honor from Saul’s daughter, he will be content to be honored by the maid-servants.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 6:21. It was before the Lord, which chose me — David felt the reproach, and was strongly irritated, and seems to have spoken to Michal with sufficient asperity.