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Hebrew Names Version

1 Samuel 18:28

Sha'ul saw and knew that the LORD was with David; and Mikhal, Sha'ul's daughter, loved him.

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,
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.
Berean Standard Bible
When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
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

12 Sha'ul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Sha'ul. 13 Therefore Sha'ul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. 15 When Sha'ul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him. 16 But all Yisra'el and Yehudah loved David; for he went out and came in before them. 17 Sha'ul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merav, her will I give you as wife: only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Sha'ul said, Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Pelishtim be on him. 18 David said to Sha'ul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Yisra'el, that I should be son-in-law to the king? 19 But it happened at the time when Merav, Sha'ul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to `Adri'el the Mecholati as wife. 20 Mikhal, Sha'ul's daughter, loved David: and they told Sha'ul, and the thing pleased him. 21 Sha'ul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Pelishtim may be against him. Therefore Sha'ul said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.

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
and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.
Genesis 18:4
Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 18:17
The LORD said, "Will I hide from Avraham what I do,
Genesis 18:19
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the LORD may bring on Avraham that which he has spoken of him."
Genesis 18:26
The LORD said, "If I find in Sedom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."
Genesis 18:29
He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."
Genesis 18:32
He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."
Genesis 18:33
The LORD went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Avraham, and Avraham returned to his place.

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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