2 Samuel 6:20-22 (NIV) 20 When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”
21 David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the Lord’s people Israel—I will celebrate before the Lord. 22 I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.”
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2 Samuel 6:1-2 (GW) David again assembled all the best soldiers in Israel, 30,000 men. 2 He and all the people with him left Baalah in Judah to bring God’s ark to Jerusalem. (The ark is called by the name of the Lord of Armies, who is enthroned over the angels.)
2 SAMUEL 6:6-7 (GW) 6 But when they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah reached out for the ark of God and grabbed it. 7 The Lord became angry with Uzzah, so God killed him there for his lack of respect. He died beside the ark of God.
Theodicy: Explanation of why a perfectly good, almighty, and all-knowing God permits evil.
2 SAMUEL 6:9-10 (GW) 9 David was afraid of the Lord that day. “How can the ark of the Lord come to my city?” he asked. 10 So David wouldn’t bring the ark of the Lord with him to the City of David. Instead, he rerouted it to the home of Obed Edom, who was from Gath.
2 Samuel 6:11 (GW) The ark of the Lord stayed at the home of Obed Edom from Gath for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed Edom and his whole family.
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2 SAMUEL 6:12 (NLT) Then King David was told, “The Lord has blessed Obed-edom’s household and everything he has because of the Ark of God.” So David went there and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with a great celebration.
2 Samuel 6:16 (NLT) But as the Ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she was filled with contempt for him.
2 Samuel 6:21 (NLT) David retorted to Michal, “I was dancing before the Lord, who chose me above your father and all his family! He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the Lord, so I celebrate before the Lord.
If I come to the house of worship and do not express His worth, I have not worshipped. All I’ve done was
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