The Meaning of 1 Samuel 18:20 Explained

1 Samuel 18:20

KJV: And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

YLT: And Michal daughter of Saul loveth David, and they declare to Saul, and the thing is right in his eyes,

Darby: And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight.

ASV: And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 18:20?

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And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

What does 1 Samuel 18:20 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 18:10-21 - Protected From Dastardly Assaults

The Lord was evidently with David. Mark how the sacred chronicle keeps this fact in view, 1 Samuel 18:12; 1 Samuel 18:14; 1 Samuel 18:28. And David behaved himself wisely, 1 Samuel 18:5; 1 Samuel 18:14-15; 1 Samuel 18:30. How judicious it would have been for Saul to bind David to himself! Instead of this he cherished his mad passion until it broke out in irresistible fury. Oh, beware of jealousy! It opens the soul's door to the devil. The best way of meeting it, apart from prayer, is to compel yourself to take an interest in your rival, and to put yourself loyally in his place. Overcome your mean and wicked soul, in the power of the Lord Jesus. "Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh," Romans 13:14.

The evil spirit that possessed Saul is said to have come from God; that is, God permitted it to come. It came according to the ordered rule of the universe. "God," says one, "must be something to us; what He shall be depends on ourselves and on what we are to Him." See Psalms 18:25-26. The king, having failed to murder David, encouraged him in dangerous undertakings. But if David had fallen in battle, his death would still have been justly laid at Saul's door. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 18

¹ Jonathan befriends David
⁵ Saul envies his praise
¹⁰ seeks to kill him in his fury
¹² fears him for his good success
¹⁷ offers him his daughters for snare
²³ David persuaded to be the king's son-in-law,
²⁵ gives two hundred foreskins of the Philistines for Michal's dowry
²⁸ Saul's hatred and David's glory increase

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 18:20 mean?

And loved Michal daughter of Saul - David And they told Saul and pleased the thing him

וַתֶּאֱהַ֛ב מִיכַ֥ל בַּת־ שָׁא֖וּל אֶת־ דָּוִ֑ד וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ לְשָׁא֔וּל וַיִּשַׁ֥ר הַדָּבָ֖ר בְּעֵינָֽיו

וַתֶּאֱהַ֛ב	And loved
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: אָהַב Sense: to love.
מִיכַ֥ל	Michal
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: מִיכַל Sense: daughter of king Saul, sister of Jonathan, wife of king David, and mother of five; given to David as wife for the bride price of 00 Philistine foreskins; while still married to David, her father gave her in marriage to another, Phaltiel; at the death of Saul, David forced her to return.
בַּת־	daughter
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: בַּת Sense: daughter.
שָׁא֖וּל	of Saul
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
דָּוִ֑ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ	And they told
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: נָגַד Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
לְשָׁא֔וּל	Saul
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
וַיִּשַׁ֥ר	and pleased
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָשַׁר Sense: to be right, be straight, be level, be upright, be just, be lawful, be smooth.
הַדָּבָ֖ר	the thing
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.

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