1 Samuel 18
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1 Samuel 18:20-25

20Now 1MichalH4324, Saul’sH7586 daughterH1323, lovedH157 DavidH1732. When they toldH5046 SaulH7586, the thingH1697 was agreeableH3474 2to him.

21SaulH7586 thoughtH559, “I will giveH5414 her to him that she may becomeH1961 a snareH4170 to him, and 3that the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430 may be against him.” Therefore SaulH7586 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “4For 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 5to DavidH1732. But DavidH1732 saidH559, “Is it trivialH7043 in your sightH5869 to becomeH2859 the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2859, 6since I amH7326 a poorH7326 manH376 and lightlyH7034 esteemedH7034?”

24The servantsH5650 of SaulH7586 reportedH5046 to him 7according to theseH428 wordsH1697 which DavidH1732 spokeH1696.

25SaulH7586 then saidH559, “ThusH3541 you shall sayH559 to DavidH1732, ‘The kingH4428 does not desireH2656 any 8dowryH4119 exceptH3588 a hundredH3967 foreskinsH6190 of the PhilistinesH6430, 9to takeH5358 vengeanceH5358 on the king’sH4428 enemiesH340.’” Now 10SaulH7586 plannedH2803 to make DavidH1732 fallH5307 by the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 18:20 1 Sam 18:28 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 18:20 Lit in his sight ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 18:21 1 Sam 18:17 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 18:21 1 Sam 18:26 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 18:23 Lit in the ears of ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 18:23 Gen 29:20; 34:12 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Samuel 18:24 Lit by saying according ↩
  8. 8. 1 Samuel 18:25 Gen 34:12; Ex 22:17 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Samuel 18:25 1 Sam 14:24 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Samuel 18:25 1 Sam 18:17 ↩

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 18

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