1 Samuel 18:20

Contextual Overview

¹²Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had left Saul. ¹² Sha'ul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Sha'ul. ¹² And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul. ¹² Now Saul was threatened by the presence of David because Yahweh was with him, but had departed from Saul. ¹² Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. ¹² The Lord was with David but had left Saul. So Saul was afraid of David. ¹² So Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. ¹²Now Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, but had departed from Saul. ¹² Now Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him but had left Saul. ¹² And Saul was afrayd of Dauid, because the Lord was with him, & was departed from Saul.

Bible Verse Review
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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
The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
And he said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
But the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Genesis 4:10
The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's [innocent] blood is crying out to Me from the ground [for justice].

Genesis 4:10
Then He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to Me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.

Genesis 4:10
And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to Me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said: Why have you done this terrible thing? You killed your own brother, and his blood flowed onto the ground. Now his blood is calling out for me to punish you.

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.