2 Samuel 6:21

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Summary

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.

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2 Samuel 6:5

1 Chronicles 15:29

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But now your kingdom shall not endure. The Lord has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons.”

He also chose David His servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;

Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones,

And said, “I have given help to one who is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen from the people.

After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.’

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Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord

with all kinds of instruments made of fir wood, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets and cymbals.

It happened when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart.