Revised Webster's Bible
1 Samuel 18
1And it came to pass, when he hadfinishedכְּכַלֹּתוֹ֙ke.kha.lo.ToH3615speakingלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696toSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586, that thesoulוְנֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ve.Ne.feshH5315ofJonathanיְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןye.Ho.na.TanH3083wasknitנִקְשְׁרָ֖הnik.she.RahH7194with thesoulבְּנֶ֣פֶשׁbe.Ne.feshH5315ofDavidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732, andJonathanיְהוֹנָתָ֖ןye.ho.na.TanH3083lovedוַיֶּאֱהָבֵ֥הוּvai.ye.'e.ha.vovH157him as his ownsoulכְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ke.naf.ShoH5315.
4AndJonathanיְהוֹנָתָ֗ןye.ho.na.TanH3083strippedוַיִּתְפַּשֵּׁ֣טvai.yit.pa.ShetH6584himself of therobeהַמְּעִיל֙ha.me.'IlH4598that was upon him, andgaveוַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּvai.yi.te.Ne.huH5414it toDavidלְדָוִ֑דle.da.VidH1732, and hisgarmentsוּמַדָּ֕יוu.ma.DavH4055, even to hisswordחַרְבּ֥וֹchar.BoH2719, and to hisbowקַשְׁתּ֖וֹkash.ToH7198, and to hisbeltH2289.
5AndDavidדָוִ֜דda.VidH1732wentoutוַיֵּצֵ֨אvai.ye.Tze'H3318whereverSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586sentיִשְׁלָחֶ֤נּוּyish.la.Che.nuH7971him, and behaved himselfwiselyיַשְׂכִּ֔ילyas.KilH7919: andSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586setוַיְשִׂמֵ֣הוּvay.si.Me.huH7760him over themenאַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.SheiH582ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָ֑הha.mil.cha.MahH4421, and he wasacceptedוַיִּיטַב֙vai.yi.TavH3190in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of all thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971, and also in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֖יbe.'ei.NeiH5869ofSaul’sשָׁאֽוּל׃ פsha.'UlH7586servantsעַבְדֵ֥י'av.DeiH5650.
6And it came to pass as theycameבְּבוֹאָ֗םbe.vo.'AmH935, whenDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732hadreturnedבְּשׁ֤וּבbe.ShuvH7725from theslaughterמֵהַכּ֣וֹתme.ha.KotH5221of thePhilistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יha.pe.lish.TiH6430, that thewomenהַנָּשִׁ֜יםha.na.ShimH802cameoutוַתֵּצֶ֨אנָהva.te.Tze.nahH3318of all thecitiesעָרֵ֤י'a.ReiH5892ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,singingלָשִׁ֣ירla.shorH7891anddancingוְהַמְּחֹל֔וֹתve.ha.me.cho.LotH4246, tomeetH7125kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Saulשָׁא֣וּלsha.'UlH7586, withtabretsבְּתֻפִּ֥יםbe.tu.PimH8596, withjoyבְּשִׂמְחָ֖הbe.sim.ChahH8057, and with instruments ofmusicוּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃u.ve.sha.li.ShimH7991.
7And thewomenהַנָּשִׁ֥יםha.na.ShimH802spoketoוַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָהva.ta.'a.Nei.nahH6030one another as theyplayedהַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹתham.sa.cha.KotH7832, andsaidוַתֹּאמַ֑רְןָva.to.Mar.naH559,Saulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586hathslainהִכָּ֤הhi.KahH5221histhousandsבַּאֲלָפָ֔יוba.'el.fovH505, andDavidוְדָוִ֖דve.da.VidH1732his tenthousandsבְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃be.ri.vo.TavH7233.
8AndSaulלְשָׁא֜וּלle.sha.'UlH7586wasveryמְאֹ֗דme.'OdH3966angryוַיִּ֨חַרvai.Yi.charH2734, and thesayingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697displeasedבְּעֵינָיו֙be.'ei.NavH3415H5869him; and hesaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, They haveascribedנָתְנ֤וּna.te.NuH5414toDavidלְדָוִד֙le.da.VidH1732tenthousandsרְבָב֔וֹתre.va.VotH7233, and to me they haveascribedנָתְנ֖וּna.te.NuH5414thousandsהָאֲלָפִ֑יםha.'a.la.FimH505: and what can he have more but thekingdomהַמְּלוּכָֽה׃ha.me.lu.KhahH4410?
10And it came to pass on the nextdayמִֽמָּחֳרָ֗תmi.mo.cho.RatH4283, that theevilרָעָ֤ה׀ra.'AhH7451spiritרוּחַ֩ru.aChH7307fromGodאֱלֹהִ֨ים׀'E.lo.HimH430cameוַתִּצְלַ֣חva.titz.LachH6743uponSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586, and heprophesiedוַיִּתְנַבֵּ֣אvai.yit.na.Be'H5012in themidstבְתוֹךְ־ve.tokh-H8432of thehouseהַבַּ֔יִתha.Ba.yitH1004: andDavidוְדָוִ֛דve.da.VidH1732playedמְנַגֵּ֥ןme.na.GenH5059with hishandבְּיָד֖וֹbe.ya.DoH3027, as at othertimesH3117: and there was ajavelinוְהַחֲנִ֖יתve.ha.cha.NitH2595inSaul’sשָׁאֽוּל׃sha.'UlH7586handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027.
11AndSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586castוַיָּ֤טֶלvai.Ya.telH2904thejavelinהַחֲנִ֔יתha.cha.NitH2595; for hesaidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, I willsmiteאַכֶּ֥ה'a.KehH5221Davidבְדָוִ֖דve.da.VidH1732even to thewallוּבַקִּ֑ירu.va.KirH7023. AndDavidדָּוִ֛דda.VidH1732escapedוַיִּסֹּ֥בvai.yi.SoH5437from hispresenceמִפָּנָ֖יוmi.pa.NavH6440twiceפַּעֲמָֽיִם׃pa.'a.Ma.yimH6471.
13ThereforeSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586removedוַיְסִרֵ֤הוּvay.si.Re.huH5493him from him, andmadeוַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּvay.si.Me.huH7760him hiscaptainשַׂר־sar-H8269over athousandאָ֑לֶף'A.lefH505; and he wentoutוַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'H3318and cameinוַיָּבֹ֖אvai.ya.Vo'H935beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440thepeopleהָעָֽם׃ פha.'AmH5971.
17AndSaulשָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toDavidדָּוִ֗דda.VidH1732, Behold myelderהַגְּדוֹלָ֤הha.ge.do.LahH1419daughterבִתִּ֨יvi.TiH1323Merabמֵרַב֙me.RavH4764, her will Igiveאֶתֶּן־'e.ten-H5414thee for awifeלְאִשָּׁ֔הle.'i.ShahH802: only be thouvaliantלְבֶן־ חַ֔יִלle.ven- Cha.yilH1121H2428for me, andfightוְהִלָּחֵ֖םve.hi.la.ChemH3898theLORD’Sיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068battlesמִלְחֲמ֣וֹתmil.cha.MotH4421. ForSaulוְשָׁא֣וּלve.sha.'UlH7586saidאָמַ֗ר'a.MarH559, Let not myhandיָדִי֙ya.DiH3027be upon him, but let thehandיַד־yad-H3027of thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ סpe.lish.TimH6430be upon him.
18AndDavidדָּוִ֜דda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toSaulשָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlH7586, Who am I? and what is mylifeחַיַּ֔יchai.YaiH2416, or myfather’sאָבִ֖י'a.ViH1familyמִשְׁפַּ֥חַתmish.Pa.chatH4940inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, that I should be son inlawחָתָ֖ןcha.TanH2860to thekingלַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃la.Me.lekhH4428?
19But it came to pass at thetimeבְּעֵ֥תbe.'EtH6256whenMerabמֵרַ֥בme.RavH4764Saul’sשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586daughterבַּת־bat-H1323should have beengivenתֵּ֛תtetH5414toDavidלְדָוִ֑דle.da.VidH1732, that she wasgivenנִתְּנָ֛הni.te.NahH5414toAdrielלְעַדְרִיאֵ֥לle.'ad.ri.'ElH5741theMeholathiteהַמְּחֹלָתִ֖יha.me.cho.la.TiH4259for awifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.
20AndMichalמִיכַ֥לmi.KhalH4324Saul’sשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586daughterבַּת־bat-H1323lovedוַתֶּאֱהַ֛בva.te.'e.HavH157Davidדָּוִ֑דda.VidH1732: and theytoldוַיַּגִּ֣דוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046Saulלְשָׁא֔וּלle.sha.'UlH7586, and thethingהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697pleasedוַיִּשַׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָֽיו׃vai.yi.Shar be.'ei.NavH3474H5869him.
21AndSaulשָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, I willgiveאֶתְּנֶ֤נָּה'et.te.Ne.nahH5414her to him, that she may be asnareלְמוֹקֵ֔שׁle.mo.KeshH4170to him, and that thehandיַד־yad-H3027of thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpe.lish.TimH6430may be against him. ThereforeSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559toDavidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732, Thou shalt thisdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117be my son inlawתִּתְחַתֵּ֥ןtit.cha.TenH2859in the one of thetwoבִּשְׁתַּ֛יִםbish.Ta.yimH8147.
22AndSaulשָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlH7586commandedוַיְצַ֨וvay.TzavH6680hisservantsעֲבָדָ֗יו'a.va.DavH5650, saying,Speakדַּבְּר֨וּda.be.RuH1696withDavidדָּוִ֤דda.VidH1732secretlyבַּלָּט֙ba.LatH3909, andsayלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, Behold, thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hathdelightחָפֵ֤ץcha.FetzH2654in thee, and all hisservantsעֲבָדָ֖יו'a.va.DavH5650loveאֲהֵב֑וּךָ'a.he.Vu.khaH157thee: now therefore be theking’sבַּמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ba.Me.lekhH4428son inlawהִתְחַתֵּ֥ןhit.cha.TenH2859.
23AndSaul’sשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586servantsעַבְדֵ֤י'av.DeiH5650spokeוַֽיְדַבְּר֞וּvay.da.be.RuH1696thosewordsהַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.RimH1697in theearsבְּאָזְנֵ֣יbe.'a.ze.NeiH241ofDavidדָוִ֔דda.VidH1732. AndDavidדָּוִ֗דda.VidH1732saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Seemethבְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ve.'ei.nei.KhemH5869it to you alightהַֽנְקַלָּ֤הhan.ka.LahH7043thing to be aking’sבַּמֶּ֔לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428son inlawהִתְחַתֵּ֣ןhit.cha.TenH2859, seeing that I am apoorרָ֥שׁrashH7326manאִֽישׁ־'ish-H376, and lightlyesteemedוְנִקְלֶֽה׃ve.nik.LehH7034?
25AndSaulשָׁא֜וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Thus shall yesayתֹאמְר֣וּto.me.RuH559toDavidלְדָוִ֗דle.da.VidH1732, Thekingלַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙la.Me.lekhH4428desirethחֵ֤פֶץChe.fetzH2656not anydowryבְּמֹ֔הַרbe.Mo.harH4119, but anhundredבְּמֵאָה֙be.me.'AhH3967foreskinsעָרְל֣וֹתa.re.LotH6190of thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430, to beavengedלְהִנָּקֵ֖םle.hi.na.KemH5358of theking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428enemiesבְּאֹיְבֵ֣יbe.'o.ye.VeiH341. ButSaulוְשָׁא֣וּלve.sha.'UlH7586thoughtחָשַׁ֔בcha.ShavH2803to makeDavidדָּוִ֖דda.VidH1732fallלְהַפִּ֥ילle.ha.PilH5307by thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃pe.lish.TimH6430.
26And when hisservantsעֲבָדָ֤יו'a.va.DavH5650toldוַיַּגִּ֨דוּvai.ya.Gi.duH5046Davidלְדָוִד֙le.da.VidH1732thesewordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697, itpleasedוַיִּשַׁ֤ר הַדָּבָר֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣יvai.yi.Shar ha.da.Var be.'ei.NeiH3474H1697H5869Davidדָוִ֔דda.VidH1732well to be theking’sבַּמֶּ֑לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428son inlawלְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ןle.hit.cha.TenH2859: and thedaysהַיָּמִֽים׃hai.ya.MimH3117had notexpiredמָלְא֖וּmal.'UH4390.
27ThereforeDavidדָּוִ֜דda.VidH1732aroseוַיָּ֨קָםvai.Ya.komH6965andwentH3212, he and hismenוַאֲנָשָׁ֗יוva.'a.na.ShavH582, andslewוַיַּ֣ךְvai.YakhH5221of thePhilistinesבַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים֮ba.pe.lish.TimH6430twohundredמָאתַ֣יִםma.Ta.yimH3967menאִישׁ֒'ishH376; andDavidדָוִד֙da.VidH1732broughtוַיָּבֵ֤אvai.ya.Ve'H935theirforeskinsעָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם'a.re.Lo.tei.HemH6190, and they gave them in fullnumberוַיְמַלְא֣וּםvay.mal.'UmH4390to thekingלַמֶּ֔לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428, that he might be theking’sבַּמֶּ֑לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428son inlawלְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ןle.hit.cha.TenH2859. AndSaulשָׁא֛וּלsha.'UlH7586gaveוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414himMichalמִיכַ֥לmi.KhalH4324hisdaughterבִּתּ֖וֹbi.ToH1323for awifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃ סle.'i.ShahH802.
30Then theprincesשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269of thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֑יםfe.lish.TimH6430wentforthוַיֵּצְא֖וּvai.ye.tze.'UH3318: and it came to pass,afterמִדֵּ֣יmi.DeiH1767they wentforthצֵאתָ֗םtze.TamH3318, thatDavidדָּוִד֙da.VidH1732behaved himself morewiselyשָׂכַ֤לsa.KhalH7919than all theservantsעַבְדֵ֣י'av.DeiH5650ofSaulשָׁא֔וּלsha.'UlH7586; so that hisnameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034wasmuchמְאֹֽד׃ סme.'OdH3966esteemedוַיִּיקַ֥רvai.yi.KarH3365.
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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