4 Regum 6:20

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Et dixerunt viri Bethsamitæ : Quis poterit stare in conspectu Domini Dei sancti hujus ? et ad quem ascendet a nobis ?

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Reversusque est David ut benediceret domui suæ: et egressa Michol filia Saul in occursum David, ait: Quam gloriosus fuit hodie rex Israël discooperiens se ante ancillas servorum suorum, et nudatus est, quasi si nudetur unus de scurris.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Reversusque est et David, ut benediceret domui suae, et egressa Michol filia Saul in occursum David ait: "Quam gloriosus fuit hodie rex Israel discooperiens se ante ancillas servorum suorum, quasi si nudetur unus de scurris!".

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bless: 2 Samuel 6:18, Genesis 18:19, Joshua 24:15, 1 Chronicles 16:43, Psalms 30:1, *title Psalms 101:2

Michal: 2 Samuel 6:16, Psalms 69:7-9, Mark 3:21

glorious: Nehemiah 4:3, Nehemiah 4:4, Isaiah 53:2, Isaiah 53:3, John 13:6, 1 Corinthians 4:10-13, Philippians 2:7, Philippians 2:8

uncovered: We are only to understand by this expression that David had divested himself of his royal robes, in order to appear humble before the Lord, by assimilating himself to the condition of one of the priests or Levites: for we find that he was "girded with a linen ephod;" and consequently no part of his body was exposed, having only put off his outer garments. The terms uncovered or naked frequently mean no more than this in Scripture. 2 Samuel 6:14, 2 Samuel 6:16, 1 Samuel 19:23, 1 Samuel 19:24

vain fellows: Judges 9:4, Job 30:8

shamelessly: or, openly

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:19 - Behold Joshua 22:6 - General 1 Samuel 14:49 - name of the firstborn 1 Samuel 24:14 - the king 2 Samuel 19:39 - blessed 1 Chronicles 15:29 - she despised Job 2:10 - as one Isaiah 20:2 - naked Matthew 5:22 - Raca John 21:7 - naked Hebrews 7:7 - the less

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then David returned to bless his household,.... His wife, children, and servants, to wish all happiness to them on this occasion, and pray to God for blessings on them temporal and spiritual. This was done when he came from the place where the ark was set, and was come to his own palace:

and Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David; before he had gotten quite to his own house:

and said, how glorious was the king of Israel today; which she spoke in an ironical jeering way, meaning the reverse, how inglorious, mean, and despicable he had made himself to be, by his airs and gestures:

who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! because he had put off his royal robes, and put on a linen ephod; for that he had stripped himself naked cannot be supposed, nor do her words import so much though a passionate exaggeration of the case.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then David returned ... - He had passed his house to accompany the ark to the tabernacle he had pitched for it, when Michal saw him dancing. He now returns to bless his household. He had blessed the people 2 Samuel 6:18, but there were the inmates of his own house whom the customs of the age did not allow to be present, and so, with his usual considerate kindness and affection, David came to bless them also on this solemn occasion.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 6:20. To bless his household. — This was according to the custom of the patriarchs, who were priests in their own families. It is worthy of remark, that David is called patriarch by Stephen, Acts 2:29, though living upwards of four hundred years after the termination of the patriarchal age.

How glorious was the king of Israel — This is a strong irony. From what Michal says, it is probable that David used some violent gesticulations, by means of which some parts of his body became uncovered. But it is very probable that we cannot guess all that was implied in this reproach.