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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

1 Samuel 18:28

When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   David;   Jealousy;   Malice;   Michal;   Philistines;   Prudence;   Thompson Chain Reference - Saul, King of Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Marriage;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Michal;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - David;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Michal;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Michal ;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Marriage;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him,
Hebrew Names Version
Sha'ul saw and knew that the LORD was with David; and Mikhal, Sha'ul's daughter, loved him.
King James Version
And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
Lexham English Bible
When Saul realized that Yahweh was with David and his own daughter Michal loved him,
English Standard Version
But when Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him,
New Century Version
Saul saw that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David.
New English Translation
When Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
Amplified Bible
When Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, his daughter, loved him,
New American Standard Bible
When Saul saw and realized that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Saul sawe, and vnderstoode that the Lord was with Dauid, & that Michal the daughter of Saul loued him.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him,
Contemporary English Version
Saul knew that she loved David, and he also realized that the Lord was helping David.
Complete Jewish Bible
Sha'ul saw and understood that Adonai was with David and that Mikhal Sha'ul's daughter loved him.
Darby Translation
And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
Easy-to-Read Version
He saw that the Lord was with David and he also saw that his daughter, Michal, loved David.
George Lamsa Translation
land Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David and that Malchel Sauls daughter loved David exceedingly.
Good News Translation
Saul realized clearly that the Lord was with David and also that his daughter Michal loved him.
Literal Translation
And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David, and that Saul's daughter Michal loved him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Saul sawe and perceaued, that the LORDE was wt Dauid. And Michol Sauls doughter loued him.
American Standard Version
And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
Bible in Basic English
And it was clear to Saul that the Lord was with David; and he was loved by all Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Saul saw and vnderstoode how that the Lorde was with Dauid, and that Michol his daughter loued him:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David; and Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
King James Version (1611)
And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with Dauid, and that Michal Sauls daughter loued him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Saul saw that the Lord was with David, and that all Israel loved him.
English Revised Version
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David; and Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Saul siy, and vndirstood, that the Lord was with Dauid.
Young's Literal Translation
And Saul seeth and knoweth that Jehovah [is] with David, and Michal daughter of Saul hath loved him,
Update Bible Version
And Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD [was] with David, and [that] Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
World English Bible
Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
New King James Version
Thus Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him;
New Living Translation
When Saul realized that the Lord was with David and how much his daughter Michal loved him,
New Life Bible
When Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him,
New Revised Standard
But when Saul realized that the Lord was with David, and that Saul's daughter Michal loved him,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Saul saw and knew that, Yahweh, was with David, and that, all Israel, loved him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michol, the daughter of Saul, loved him.
Revised Standard Version
But when Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that all Israel loved him,
THE MESSAGE
As Saul more and more realized that God was with David, and how much his own daughter, Michal, loved him, his fear of David increased and settled into hate. Saul hated David.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him,

Contextual Overview

12So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul. 13Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back, 14and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him. 15When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him. 16But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back. 17Then Saul said to David, "Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD's battles." But Saul was thinking, "I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him." 18And David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my family or my father's clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?" 19So when it was time to give Saul's daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah. 20Now Saul's daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him. 21"I will give her to David," Saul thought, "so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him." So Saul said to David, "For a second time now you can be my son-in-law."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Samuel 24:20, 1 Samuel 26:25, Genesis 30:27, Genesis 37:8-11, Genesis 39:3, Revelation 3:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:2 - the Lord Deuteronomy 28:10 - and they shall 1 Samuel 18:20 - loved David 1 Chronicles 15:29 - Michal 1 Chronicles 17:8 - I have been 2 Chronicles 15:9 - they saw

Cross-References

Genesis 18:3
"My lord," said Abraham, "if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
Genesis 18:4
Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 18:17
And the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
Genesis 18:19
For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised."
Genesis 18:26
So the LORD replied, "If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place."
Genesis 18:29
Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, "Suppose forty are found there?" He answered, "On account of the forty, I will not do it."
Genesis 18:32
Finally, Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?" And He answered, "On account of the ten, I will not destroy it."
Genesis 18:33
When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul saw and knew that the Lord [was] with David,.... This he perceived by the favour he gave him among men, by overruling all the steps Saul took to do him hurt, for his good, and in giving him success in all that he engaged in; the Targum is,

"that the Word of the Lord was for the help of David:''

and [that] Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him; and therefore could entertain no hope of making use of her as an instrument of his ruin, but, on the contrary, would, out of her great affection to her husband, betray the designs of her father against him, and do all she could to preserve him.


 
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