2 Samuel 6:12-23 And when they told king David saying, The Lord bath blessed two house of Abeddara, and all belonging to him, on account of the ark of God, David went and brought up the ark of the Lord out of the house of Abeddara, into the city of David, with rejoicing.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² And when they told king David saying, The Lord bath blessed two house of Abeddara, and all belonging to him, on account of the ark of God, David went and brought up the ark of the Lord out of the house of Abeddara, into the city of David, with rejoicing. ¹³ Now there were with him seven choirs carrying the ark, and for a sacrifice a young bull and lambs. ¹⁴ And David played on well tuned instruments of music before the Lord; and David having put on an unusual robe, ¹⁵ he, and all the house of Israel, brought up the ark of the Lord, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. ¹⁶ And as the ark was entering the city of David, Melchol the daughter of Saul looked out at a window, and saw king David dancing, and playing before the Lord, and despised him in her heart. ¹⁷ So they brought the ark of the Lord, and when they had set it in its place, in the middle of the tabernacle, which David had erected for it, David offered whole burnt offerings before the Lord, and peace offerings. ¹⁸ And when David had made an end of offering the whole burnt offerings, and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts, ¹⁹ and distributed to all the people through the whole host of Israel, from Dan to Bersabee, both to the men and women, to every one a piece of bread, and a piece of roasted meat, and a sweet cake baked in the pan. Then all the people departed, every one to his house, ²⁰ and David returned to salute his household. And Melchol the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and when she had saluted him, she said, How was the king of Israel glorified to-day in the eyes of his maid servants, disrobed as he was like one of the dancers! ²¹ Whereupon David said to Melchol, I will dance before the Lord. Blessed be the Lord, who hath chosen me in preference to thy father, and in preference to all his house, to make me ruler over his people, over Israel. Wherefore I will play and dance before the Lord, ²² and I will again disrobe myself in the same manner, though I should be despicable in thy sight, and with the maidens, by whom thou hast intimated that I am not honoured. ²³ Hence Melchol the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.