David replied to him, “How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

Those who carried the ark of the Lord took six steps and then David sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf.

Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the Lord.

David and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord, shouting and blowing trumpets.

When David finished offering the burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

Nathan replied to the king, “You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.”

That night the Lord told Nathan,

What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God!

and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah for the Lord’s sake.

In my distress I called to the Lord; I called to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by the Lord’s battle cry, by the powerful breath from his nose.

The one true God acts in a faithful manner; the Lord’s promise is reliable; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.

Indeed, who is God besides the Lord? Who is a protector besides our God?

But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

When David got up the next morning, the Lord had already spoken to Gad the prophet, David’s seer:

I, the servant of my lord the king, give it all to the king!” Araunah also told the king, “May the Lord your God show you favor!”

As the ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him.

They brought the ark of the Lord and put it in its place in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the Lord.

and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief from all your enemies. The Lord declares to you that he himself will build a dynastic house for you.

She replied, “In that case, let the king invoke the name of the Lord your God so that the avenger of blood may not kill! Then they will not destroy my son!” He replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”