1 Samuel 18:26

1 Samuel 18:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.
• New International Version (NIV)When the attendants told David these things, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. So before the allotted time elapsed,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. Before the time had expired,
• New King James Version (NKJV)So when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the days had not expired;

Context of 1 Samuel 18:26

24The servants of Saul reported to him according to these words which David spoke. 25Saul then said, “Thus you shall say to David, ‘The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the days had expired 27David rose up and went, he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife. 28When Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him,

1 Samuel 18:26 word by word

וַיַּגִּ֨דוּ עֲבָדָ֤יו לְדָוִד֙ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וַיִּשַׁ֤ר הַדָּבָר֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד לְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ן בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְלֹ֥א מָלְא֖וּ הַיָּמִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• When his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• it pleasedיָשַׁרyâshar · to smoothH3474
• it pleasedעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• to becomeחֹתֵןchâthan · relativeH2859
• the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Before the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• had expiredמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 18:26

• 1 Samuel 18:21Saul thought, “I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David, “For a second time you may be my son-in-law today.”

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 18:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The days were not expired - David was so rapid in his attack upon the Philistines that he was able to bring the required dowry within the time, and to receive his wife (Michal), before the time had expired within which he was to receive Merab.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. 2626. the days were not expired--The period within which this exploit was to be achieved was not exhausted.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 18:26

• Armies
• David
• Jealousy
• Malice
• Michal
• Philistines
• Prudence

In the dictionaries

• David
• Son-in-Law
• Ascribe
• Avoid
• Kingdom
• Soul
• Stripling
• Tabret
• Valiant
• Jonathan (2)

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