And David made an end of offering the whole burnt offerings and peace offerings, and blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all things whatsoever He has spoken to him.

But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom you dwell upon their land. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, for He is holy.

And all the people departed, everyone to his own home. And David returned to bless his house.

For the end, A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. I will exalt You, O Lord; for You have lifted me up, and not caused my enemies to rejoice over me.

and I will be wise in a blameless way. When will You come to me? I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

And it came to pass as the ark arrived at the City of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw King David dancing and playing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

For I have suffered reproach for Your sake; shame has covered my face.

For the zeal of Your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached You have fallen upon me.

But when His relatives heard, they came out to seize Him, for they were saying, "He has lost His mind."

And Tobiah the Ammonite came near to him, and said to them, Do they sacrifice or eat in their place? Shall not a fox go up and pull down their wall of stones?

Hear, O our God, for we have become a scorn; and return their reproach upon their own heads, and make them a scorn in a land of captivity,

We brought a report as [of] a child before Him; [He is] as a root in a thirsty land; He has no form, nor comeliness; and we saw Him, but He had no form nor beauty.

But His form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men; [He was] a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for His face has turned from [us]; He was dishonored, and not esteemed.

Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, "Lord, do You wash my feet?"

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are despised!

And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming to be in the likeness of men.

And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

And David sounded with well-tuned instruments before the Lord, and David [was] clothed with a fine long robe.

And it came to pass as the ark arrived at the City of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw King David dancing and playing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

And he went from there to Naioth in Ramah. Then the Spirit of God came upon him also, and he went on prophesying till he came to Naioth in Ramah.

And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they said, Is Saul also among the prophets?

And they gave him seventy [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal-Berith; and Abimelech hired for himself vain and cowardly men, and they went after him.

[They are] sons of fools and vile men, [whose] name and glory [are] quenched from off the earth.