21. David answered Michal, “⌊I didn’t dance in front of the slave girls but⌋ in front of the Lord. He chose me rather than your father or anyone in your father’s house, and he appointed me leader of Israel, the Lord’s people. I will celebrate in the Lord’s presence,
22. and I will degrade myself even more than this. Even if I am humiliated in your eyes, I will be honored by these slave girls you speak about.”
23. So Saul’s daughter Michal was childless her entire life.