(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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2 Samuel 6:12–19, “And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.”
Even though David had been angry to take the Ark back to Jerusalem after Uzzah had died. He soon realised that he had made a mistake. The Lord blessed Obededom as long as the Ark was at his place. David realised that the Lord was giving him a message that he should take the Ark back to Jerusalem. David went with his men and took the Ark back to Jerusalem. Previously, they had shown a proper lack of respect of the Ark so David made sure that he did everything with the proper amount of respect and dignity. The offered many sacrifices along the way to make sure that everyone behaved properly and showed the right amount of respect for the Lord. David was deeply committed to obeying the Lord and rejoiced in his relationship with the Lord. As they returned to Jerusalem with the Ark David showed his great joy for the Lord by dancing with all his might. It seems that he was wearing a garment like a long T shirt. His wife, Michal, who was probably unhappy that she had been forced to come back to David after she had been married to another man for a long time. Find an excuse to despise David because he danced with our inhibition and exposed himself during his dancing. On the other hand, David was full of joy and gave everyone in the city some bread, meat and wine so that they could celebrate as well.
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