撒母耳记上 18:17

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

大衛娶掃羅之女掃羅對大衛說：“我的大女兒米拉在這裡。我要把她賜給你作妻子；只要你作我的勇士，為耶和華爭戰。”原來掃羅心裡說：“我不好親手害他，讓非利士人害他吧。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
扫 罗 对 大 卫 说 ： 我 将 大 女 儿 米 拉 给 你 为 妻 ， 只 要 你 为 我 奋 勇 ， 为 耶 和 华 争 战 。 扫 罗 心 里 说 ： 我 不 好 亲 手 害 他 ， 要 藉 非 利 士 人 的 手 害 他 。

Contextual Overview

¹² The Lord was with David but had left Saul. So Saul was afraid of David. ¹³ He sent David away and made him commander of a thousand soldiers. So David led them in battle. ¹⁴ He had great success in everything he did because the Lord was with him. ¹⁵ When Saul saw that David was very successful, he feared David even more. ¹⁶ But all the people of Israel and Judah loved David because he led them well in battle. ¹⁷ Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab. I will let you marry her. All I ask is that you remain brave and fight the Lord 's battles." Saul thought, "I won't have to kill David. The Philistines will do that." ¹⁸ But David answered Saul, saying, "Who am I? My family is not important enough for me to become the king's son-in-law." ¹⁹ So, when the time came for Saul's daughter Merab to marry David, Saul gave her instead to Adriel of Meholah. ²⁰ Now Saul's other daughter, Michal, loved David. When they told Saul, he was pleased. ²¹ He thought, "I will let her marry David. Then she will be a trap for him, and the Philistines will defeat him." So Saul said to David a second time, "You may become my son-in-law."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

her will I give: 1 Samuel 17:25, Psalms 12:2, Psalms 55:21

valiant: Heb. a son of valour

the Lord's: 1 Samuel 17:47, 1 Samuel 25:28, Numbers 32:20, Numbers 32:27, Numbers 32:29

Let not mine: 1 Samuel 18:21, 1 Samuel 18:25, Deuteronomy 17:7, 2 Samuel 11:15, 2 Samuel 12:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 29:30 - served Genesis 37:27 - let not Judges 5:23 - to the help 1 Samuel 17:31 - sent for him 1 Samuel 18:13 - removed 2 Samuel 17:10 - thy father 1 Chronicles 5:18 - valiant men Psalms 12:8 - when Psalms 35:8 - into Psalms 56:5 - all Proverbs 26:26 - Whose hatred is covered by deceit

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
The Lord sent a rain of burning sulfur down from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah

2 Kings 4:27
Then she came to Elisha at the hill and grabbed his feet. Gehazi came near to pull her away, but Elisha said to him, "Leave her alone. She's very upset, and the Lord has not told me about it. He has hidden it from me."

2 Chronicles 20:7
Our God, you forced out the people who lived in this land as your people Israel moved in. And you gave this land forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham.

Psalms 25:14
The Lord tells his secrets to those who respect him; he tells them about his agreement.

John 15:15
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing. But I call you friends, because I have made known to you everything I heard from my Father.

James 2:23
This shows the full meaning of the Scripture that says: "Abraham believed God, and God accepted Abraham's faith, and that faith made him right with God." And Abraham was called God's friend.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul said to David,.... Not in friendship and good will to him, but designing to lay a snare for him:

behold, my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; most interpreters understand it, that he was obliged to this by promise, on account of David's slaying Goliath, 1 Samuel 17:25; but Abarbinel is of another mind, and he rightly observes, that the words referred to are not the words of Saul, but of the men of Israel, who might suppose what the king would do; or if they heard anything like it spoken by Saul, it was only in a hyperbolical way, signifying he did not care what he gave, and what he parted with, to the man that killed the Philistine, but was not strictly bound to this particular thereby; nor did David ever claim such promise, nor did Saul think himself bound to do it, but proposes it as an instance of his great kindness and favour, as he pretended, and therefore expected great returns for it, as follows:

only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles: he knew he was a valiant man, and ready enough to fight; but he expected that in consideration of such a favour, and such high honour as this, that he would exert himself in an extraordinary manner, and engage in hazardous attempts, and show himself worthy to be the son of a king, in the defence of him and of his country, and for the glory of the God of Israel; all this he suggests, when his view was, that he should expose his life to such danger, that it might be hoped it would be taken away:

for Saul said; not openly and verbally, but in his heart; he thought within himself,

let not mine hand be upon him; he had attempted to lay hands on him, or to kill him with his own hands, but now he thought better, and consulted his credit among the people:

but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him; he hoped by these means that he would fall by their hands at the head of his troop, while he was displaying his valour, and hazarding his life for the good of his king and country; what Saul contrived proved his own case, he died in battle with the Philistines, 1 Samuel 31:4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Saul had not hitherto fulfilled the promise of which David had heard (marginal reference); nor was it unnatural that Saul should delay to do so, until the shepherd’s boy had risen to a higher rank.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 18:17. Fight the Lord's battles. — Mr. Calmet properly remarks that the wars of the Hebrews, while conducted by the express orders of God, were truly the wars of the Lord; but when the spirit of worldly ambition and domination became mingled with them, they were no longer the wars of the Lord, but wars of lust and profanity.