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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

撒母耳记上 18:20

掃羅的女兒米甲愛大衛。有人把這事告訴掃羅,掃羅就歡喜,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Daughter;   David;   Humility;   Jealousy;   Malice;   Prudence;   Thompson Chain Reference - Michal;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Marriage;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Michal;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Marriage;   Michal;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - David;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - David;   Michal;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Michal ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Michal;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Marriage;   Merab;   Michal;   Relationships, Family;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Marriage;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
扫 罗 的 次 女 米 甲 爱 大 卫 。 有 人 告 诉 扫 罗 , 扫 罗 就 喜 悦 。

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

loved David: 1 Samuel 18:28, Genesis 29:18, Genesis 29:20, Genesis 34:3, Judg. 16, 4, 15; 2Sam. 13, 1; 1Kings 11, 1, 2; Hosea 3:1-5, 2

pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 18:12 - afraid 1 Samuel 25:44 - Michal 2 Samuel 3:13 - Michal 2 Samuel 17:4 - the saying 1 Chronicles 13:4 - the thing

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Genesis 13:13
Now the people of Sodom were very evil and were always sinning against the Lord .
Genesis 19:13
because we are about to destroy this city. The Lord has heard of all the evil that is here, so he has sent us to destroy it."
Isaiah 3:9
The look on their faces shows they are guilty; like the people of Sodom, they are proud of their sin. They don't care who sees it. How terrible it will be for them, because they have brought much trouble on themselves.
Isaiah 5:7
The vineyard belonging to the Lord All-Powerful is the nation of Israel; the garden that he loves is the people of Judah. He looked for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for right living, but there were only cries of pain.
Jeremiah 14:7
We know that we suffer because of our sins. Lord , do something to help us for the good of your name. We have left you many times; we have sinned against you.
James 5:4
The pay you did not give the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the workers have been heard by the Lord All-Powerful.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David,.... His youngest daughter fell in love with him, because of the comeliness of his person, his gallant behaviour, his wise conduct, and the general esteem and reputation he was had in, as may be supposed:

and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him; not that his daughter loved David, or that he should be his son-in-law, but that he should have an opportunity, as he hoped, of destroying David, which he had lost by giving his elder daughter to another; as also of retrieving his credit with the people, which was greatly sunk by using David in the manner he did, who had become the darling of the people.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The thing pleased him - It partly relieved him from the charge of breaking his faith.


 
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