2 Samuel 6:22

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
vile	וּנְקַלֹּ֤תִי u.ne.ka.Lo.ti	H7043	to be (causatively · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
thus	מִזֹּ֔את mi.Zot	H2063	this (often used adverb) · preposition + demonstrative particle
base	שָׁפָ֖ל sha.Fal	H8217	depressed · adjective, masculine singular absolute
sight	בְּעֵינָ֑י be.'ei.Nai	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix
maidservants	הָֽאֲמָהוֹת֙ ha.'a.ma.hOt	H519	a maidservant or female slave · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
spoken	אָמַ֔רְתְּ 'a.Mart	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person feminine singular
honour	אִכָּבֵֽדָה 'i.ka.Ve.dah	H3513	to be heavy · verb, niphal infinitive construct, 1st person common singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Peter 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spok…
Isaiah 51:7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of t…
Hebrews 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and…
Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed o…
Job 40:4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Job 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Isaiah 50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Matthew 5:11-12 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 6:20–end

David, having dismissed the congregation with a blessing, returned to bless his household (Sa2 6:20), that is, to pray with them and for them, and to offer up his family thanksgiving for this national mercy. Ministers must not think that their public performances will excuse them from their family-worship; but when they have, with their instructions and prayers, blessed the solemn assemblies, they must return in the same manner to bless their households, for with them they are in a particular manner charged. David, though he had prophets, and priests, and Levites, about him, to be his chaplains, yet did not devolve the work upon them, but himself blessed his household. It is angels' work to…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 6:20

MICHAL'S BARRENNESS. (Sa2 6:20-23) Michal . . . came out to meet David, &c.--Proud of her royal extraction, she upbraided her husband for lowering the dignity of the crown and acting more like a buffoon than a king. But her taunting sarcasm was repelled in a manner that could not be agreeable to her feelings while it indicated the warm piety and gratitude of David. Next: 2 Samuel Chapter 7

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 6:22

I will yet be more vile - The plain meaning of these words appears to be this: "I am not ashamed of humbling myself before that God who rejected thy father because of his obstinacy and pride, and chose me in his stead to rule his people; and even those maid-servants, when they come to know the motive of my conduct, shall acknowledge its propriety, and treat me with additional respect; and as for thee, thou shalt find that thy conduct is as little pleasing to God as it is to me." Then it is said, Michal had no child till the day of her death: probably David never more took her to his bed; or God, in his providence, might have subjected her to barrenness which in Palestine was considered both…

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John Gill on 2 Samuel 6:22

The Church Fathers

On the contrary, when David despised the power of his kingdom by dancing before the ark of the Lord's covenant, he said: "I will play and become more vile than I have become, and I will be humble in my own eyes." For whom would it not exalt to break the jaws of lions, to tear apart the arms of bears, to be chosen while his elder brothers were passed over, to be anointed to the governance of the kingdom when the previous king was rejected, to strike down Goliath—fearsome to all—with a single stone, to bring back the numerous foreskins proposed by the king after slaying the foreigners, to receive the kingdom by promise, and afterward to possess the entire Israelite people without any opposition? And yet in all these things he despises himself, who confesses that he is humble in his own eyes. If therefore holy men, even when they do mighty deeds, think lowly of themselves, what will those say in their own excuse who swell with pride without any virtuous work?
— Gregory the Dialogist, Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 7

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Dictionary and topics

Chidon — Dart, the name of the threshing-floor at which the death of Uzzah took place (1 Chr. 13:9). In the parallel passage in Samuel (2 Sam. 6:6) it is called “Nachon’s threshing-floor.” It was a place not…
Chronicles, Books of — The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., “Acts of the Days.” This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version “Chronicon,” and hence…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Michal — Rivulet, or who as God?, the younger of Saul’s two daughters by his wife Ahinoam (1 Sam. 14:49, 50). “Attracted by the graces of his person and the gallantry of his conduct, she fell in love with…
Retaliation · .David on Michal — .David on Michal

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 6:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 6:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 6:20

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 6:22

John Gill on 2 Samuel 6:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 6:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 6:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 6:20

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 6:22

John Gill on 2 Samuel 6:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 6:20–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 6:22

Rashi on 2 Samuel 6:22