2 Samuel 6:12-17

EasyEnglish Bible

¹² People told King David, ‘The Lord has blessed Obed-Edom's family and everything that belongs to him, because of the Covenant Box.’

So David went back to Obed-Edom's house. He was now happy to bring the Covenant Box from there to the City of David. ¹³ The men who were carrying it walked six steps and they stopped. Then David offered a bull and a fat calf as sacrifices to God. ¹⁴ David was wearing a linen ephod.^[a] He danced with all his strength to worship the Lord. ¹⁵ He and all the Israelites brought the Lord's Covenant Box to Jerusalem. They shouted and they made a loud noise with trumpets.

¹⁶ While they were bringing the Lord's Covenant Box into the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out through a window. She saw what King David was doing. He was jumping and dancing to worship the Lord. Michal felt ashamed of him.

¹⁷ David had put up a special tent for the Covenant Box, so they took it there. They put it in its place inside the tent. Then David offered burnt offerings and friendship offerings to the Lord.