1 Samuel 18:20

1 Samuel 18:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
• New International Version (NIV)Now Saul’s daughter Michal was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now Saul's daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

Context of 1 Samuel 18:20

18Then David responded, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law?” 19When it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife. Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when it was reported to Saul, it pleased him. 21“I’ll give her to him,” Saul thought. “She’ll be a trap for him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.” So Saul said to David a second time, “You can now be my son-in-law.” 22Saul then ordered his servants, “Speak to David in private and tell him, ‘Look, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Therefore, you should become the king’s son-in-law.’”

1 Samuel 18:20 word by word

וַתֶּאֱהַ֛ב מִיכַ֥ל בַּת־שָׁא֖וּל אֶת־דָּוִ֑ד וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ לְשָׁא֔וּל וַיִּשַׁ֥ר הַדָּבָ֖ר בְּעֵינָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Michalמִיכַלmîykâl · MichalH4324
• Saul’sשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• lovedאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• and they toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• and the thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• pleasedעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• pleasedיָשַׁרyâshar · to smoothH3474

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 18:20

• 1 Samuel 18:28Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him,
• Judges 16:4Some time later, he fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley.
• 2 Samuel 13:1Some time passed. David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and David’s son Amnon was infatuated with her.
• 1 Kings 11:1King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to Pharaoh’s daughter: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women
• Hosea 3:2So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and nine bushels of barley.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 18:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20The thing pleased him - It partly relieved him from the charge of breaking his faith.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 For a long time David was kept in continual apprehension of falling by the hand of Saul, yet he persevered in meek and respectful behaviour towards his persecutor. How uncommon is such prudence and discretion, especially under insults and provocations! Let us inquire if we imitate this part of the exemplary character before us. Are we behaving wisely in all our ways? Is there no sinful omission, no rashness of spirit, nothing wrong in our…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. Michal Saul's daughter loved David--This must have happened some time after. they told Saul, and the thing pleased him--Not from any favor to David, but he saw that it would be turned to the advancement of his malicious purposes, and the more so when, by the artful intrigues and flattery of his spies, the loyal sentiments of David were discovered.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 18:20

• Armies
• Daughter
• David
• Humility
• Jealousy
• Malice
• Prudence

In the dictionaries

• David
• Saul
• Paul, Saul
• Ascribe
• Avoid
• Kingdom
• Soul
• Stripling
• Tabret
• Valiant

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings