(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 6:20–23, “Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. 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. Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.”
David was passionately committed to the Lord long before he ever became king of Israel. In fact, when he became king he continued with this passionate commitment to the Lord. The fact that David brought the Ark to his city was very important and a deeply religious moment. On the other hand, Michal didn’t understand David’s passion for serving the Lord and allowed her bitter cynicism to take control of her words. David told Michal that he had been chosen above her father and appointed him as the king in Saul’s place. David was a man after God’s own heart while the Lord rejected Saul. If Michal didn’t understand the truth about putting the Lord first in everything that she did then David told her that she would be cursed by the Lord and she was.
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