達味主持了入約櫃到達味城的儀式。

他同時扮演君王、獻祭祝福百姓的祭司，以及人群中任何一位普通百姓的角色。他這樣做，是為了表達對上主深深的感恩和信賴，甚至忘卻了自己的尊嚴，甚至「在臣僕的婢女前赤身露體，活像一個赤身露體的小丑」，正如米加耳後來告訴他的那樣。

的確，正如達味回答米加耳的那樣，我們所做的一切都是在上主面前，為了祂。我們的尊嚴就在於此，而非在於其他的任何來自人的理由。

David leads the celebration for the intronization of the Ark of the Covenant in the City of David.

He acts at the same time as the king, as the priest who offers sacrifices and blesses the people, and finally as any one of those in the crowd. In doing so, he shows the deep gratitude to the Lord and his trust in him, to the point of forgetting his dignity and “uncovering himself before the eyes of his servants’ maids, as one of the vulgar fellows,” as Michal afterwards told him.

Indeed, as David replied to her, we do everything in front of the Lord and for him. There stands our dignity, not elsewhere.