1 Samuel 18
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1 Samuel 18:18-23

18But DavidH1732 saidH559 to SaulH7586, “1WhoH4310 am I, and whatH4310 is my lifeH2416 or my father’sH1 familyH4940 in IsraelH3478, that I should be the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2860?” 19So it cameH1961 about at the timeH6256 when MerabH4764, Saul’sH7586 daughterH1323, should have been givenH5414 to DavidH1732, that she was givenH5414 to 2AdrielH5741 3the MeholathiteH4259 for a wifeH802.

20Now 4MichalH4324, Saul’sH7586 daughterH1323, lovedH157 DavidH1732. When they toldH5046 SaulH7586, the thingH1697 was agreeableH3474 5to him. 21SaulH7586 thoughtH559, “I will giveH5414 her to him that she may becomeH1961 a snareH4170 to him, and 6that the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430 may be against him.” Therefore SaulH7586 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “7For a secondH8147 timeH8147 you may be my son-in-lawH2859 todayH3117.” 22Then SaulH7586 commandedH6680 his servantsH5650, “SpeakH1696 to DavidH1732 secretlyH3909, sayingH559, ‘BeholdH2009, the kingH4428 delightsH2654 in you, and allH3605 his servantsH5650 loveH157 you; nowH6258 therefore, becomeH2859 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859.’” 23So Saul’sH7586 servantsH5650 spokeH1696 theseH428 wordsH1697 8to DavidH1732. But DavidH1732 saidH559, “Is it trivialH7043 in your sightH5869 to becomeH2859 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859, 9since I amH7326 a poorH7326 manH376 and lightlyH7034 esteemedH7034?”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 18:18 1 Sam 9:21; 18:23; 2 Sam 7:18 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 18:19 2 Sam 21:8 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 18:19 Judg 7:22; 1 Kin 19:16 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 18:20 1 Sam 18:28 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 18:20 Lit in his sight ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 18:21 1 Sam 18:17 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Samuel 18:21 1 Sam 18:26 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Samuel 18:23 Lit in the ears of ↩
  9. 9. 1 Samuel 18:23 Gen 29:20; 34:12 ↩

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 18

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