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1 Samuel 18:20
20And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight.
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
18And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king? 19And it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife. And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight. 21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time. 22And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, saying, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
Read all of 1 Samuel 181 Samuel 18:20 word by word
וַתֶּאֱהַ֛ב מִיכַ֥ל בַּת־שָׁא֖וּל אֶת־דָּוִ֑ד וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ לְשָׁא֔וּל וַיִּשַׁ֥ר הַדָּבָ֖ר בְּעֵינָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 18:20
- 1 Samuel 18:28And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
- Judges 16:4And it came to pass afterwards that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
- 2 Samuel 13:1And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David having a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar, Amnon the son of David loved her.
- 1 Kings 11:1But king Solomon loved many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites;
- Hosea 3:2So I bought her to me for fifteen silver [pieces], and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer 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
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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
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