1 Chronicles 15 · Verse 29

1 Chronicles 15:29

And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
1 Chronicles 15:29, King James Version

1 Chronicles 15:29 in other translations

BSBAs the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
WEBAs the ark of the LORD’s covenant came to David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
ASVAnd it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
YLTand it cometh to pass, the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is entering in unto the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul is looking through the window, and seeth king David dancing and playing, and despiseth him in her heart.
DARBYAnd it came to pass as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through a window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
BBEAnd when the ark of the agreement of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and playing; and to her mind he seemed foolish.
WebsterAnd it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul, looking out at a window, saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

What does 1 Chronicles 15:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. Michal ... saw ... David dancing and playing--His movements would be slow and solemn, suitable to the grave and solemn character of the music. Though his royal robes were laid aside, he was attired like the other officials, showing a becoming humility in the immediate presence of God. The feelings manifested by Michal were only an ebullition of spleen from a proud and passionate woman.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Michal - saw - David dancing - and she despised him - See this whole business explained 2Sam 6:20 (note), etc., where David's conduct is vindicated, and the nature of Michal's disgrace and punishment hinted at, but all left to the reader's determination.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:25-29

It is good to notice the assistance of Divine Providence, even in things which fall within the compass of our natural powers; if God did not help us, we could not stir a step. If we do our religious duties in any degree aright, we must own it was God that helped us; had we been left to ourselves, we should have been guilty of some fatal errors. And every thing in which we engage, must be done in dependence on the…

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1 Chronicles 15:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
אֲרוֹן֙'a.rOn[the] ark ofH727
בְּרִ֣יתbe.Rit[the] covenant ofH1285
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בָּ֖אba'[was] comingH935
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
עִ֣יר'ir[the] city ofH5892
דָּוִ֑ידda.VidDavidH1732
וּמִיכַ֨לu.mi.Khaland MichalH4324
בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323
שָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה\׀nish.ke.Fahshe looked downH8259
בְּעַ֣דbe.'AdthroughH1157
הַחַלּ֗וֹןha.cha.Lonthe windowH2474
וַתֵּ֨רֶאva.Te.re'and she sawH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
דָּוִיד֙da.VidDavidH1732
מְרַקֵּ֣דme.ra.KeddancingH7540
וּמְשַׂחֵ֔קu.me.sa.Chekand making merryH7832
וַתִּ֥בֶזva.Ti.vezand she despisedH959
ל֖וֹlo<to> him
בְּלִבָּֽהּ\׃\ \פbe.li.Bahin heart herH3820

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 15:29

  • 2 Samuel 6:20-23

    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! And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord. And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

  • 2 Samuel 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.

  • 2 Samuel 3:13-14

    And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face. And David sent messengers to Ish–bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

  • Psalms 69:7-9

    Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

  • Psalms 30:11

    Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

  • 1 Samuel 4:3

    And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

  • 1 Samuel 25:44

    But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

  • Jeremiah 3:16

    And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

  • 1 Samuel 19:11-17

    Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. …

  • Deuteronomy 31:26

    Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

  • Jeremiah 30:19

    And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

  • Numbers 10:33

    And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as the ark.
17:1; Nu 10:33; De 31:26; Jos 4:7; Jud 20:27; 1Sa 4:3; Jer 3:16
Heb 9:4
Lord.
2Sa 6:16
Michal.
1Sa 18:27,28; 19:11-17; 25:44; 2Sa 3:13,14
dancing.
Ex 15:20; Ps 30:11; 149:3; 150:4; Ec 3:4; Jer 30:19; 33:11
she despised.
2Sa 6:20-23; Ps 69:7-9; Ac 2:13; 1Co 2:14; 2Co 5:13

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 15:28

    Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:29

    And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

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1 Chronicles 15:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y como el arca del pacto de Jehová llegó á la ciudad de David, Michâl, hija de Saúl, mirando por una ventana, vió al rey David que saltaba y bailaba; y menospreciólo en su corazón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et comme l’arche de l’alliance de l’ Éternel arrivait à la ville de David, Mical, fille de Saül, regarda par la fenêtre, et elle vit le roi David sautant et jouant, et elle le méprisa dans son cœur.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es geschah, als die Lade des Bundes Jehovas in die Stadt Davids kam, da schaute Michal, die Tochter Sauls, durchs Fenster; und sie sah den König David hüpfen und spielen, und sie verachtete ihn in ihrem Herzen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque pervenisset arca fœderis Domini usque ad civitatem David, Michol filia Saul prospiciens per fenestram vidit regem David saltantem atque ludentem, et despexit eum in corde suo.