And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
A robe of fine linen. х buwts (H948) is rather supposed in the later books to denote cotton. The Septuagint has: Dauid periezoosmenos en stolee bussinee.]
An ephod - a shoulder garment, a cincture or cape over his dress. It was worn by the priests, but was not so special to them as to be forbidden to others (1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel 22:18).