1 Samuel 18:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 Samuel 18:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The thing pleased him - It partly relieved him from the charge of breaking his faith.
1 Samuel 18:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 18:10 to 1 Samuel 19:17 . Saul's Plots against David. Compiled from various sources. 1 Samuel 18:10 f. (R). Saul makes an unsuccessful attempt to kill David. A premature duplicate o...
1 Samuel 18:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
1 Samuel 18:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. Michal [Septuagint, Melchol], Saul's daughter, loved David. This must have happened some time after....
1 Samuel 18:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Love of Jonathan for David 1 Samuel 18:6-30 of this chapter seem to be connected with 1 Samuel 16:14-23 and not to be taken from the same document as 1 Samuel 17:1 to 1 Samuel 18:5 . LX...
1 Samuel 18:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David. — But the love of the younger of the two royal princesses for her father’s brilliant officer gave the unhappy king a fresh excuse to expose David’s life to p...
1 Samuel 18:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXV. SAUL'S JEALOUS-DAVID'S MARRIAGE. 1 Samuel 18:1-30 . THE conqueror of Goliath had been promised, as his reward, the eldest daughter of the king in marriage. The fulfillment of that...
1 Samuel 18:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Protected from Dastardly Assaults 1 Samuel 18:10-21 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...
1 Samuel 18:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here, in the account of Jonathan and David, begins one of the most perfect stories of love and friendship in the world. The story is all the more beautiful because of its dark background. Love is in...
1 Samuel 18:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 a...
1 Samuel 18:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. Ver. 20. And Michal Saul's daughter loved David.] Some Latin copies have it, And David loved Michal, Saul's ot...
1 Samuel 18:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The thing pleased him Not out of any love to David, or desire to perform his promise; but because he hoped, by her means, to bring his ends about of destroying David. That she may be a snare to hi...
1 Samuel 18:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Jonathan, the son of Saul stands in refreshing contrast to his father. He was present when David returned to Saul. Doubtless David's victory had attracted Jonathan, but David's words decide him. When...
1 Samuel 18:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Marries Saul's Daughter; Saul's Jealousy of David. B. C. 1059. 12 And Saul was a...
1 Samuel 18:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not for any respect he had to David, but for his own malicious and wicked ends, that he might make use of her love to David, to insnare and ruin him, which he thought might be done many ways, whereof...
1 Samuel 18:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Bound By His Promise Saul Seeks To Fulfil It By Giving One Of His Daughter's To David To Be His Wife ( 1 Samuel 18:17-27 ). Saul had publicly promised that to the victor over Goliath he would give...
1 Samuel 18:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 18:5 . “David went out.” “That this refers to war and not to general business is plain, not only from the following account, which mentions not only mili...
1 Samuel 18:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 18:4 . Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David. This was the highest mark of favour he could show him, and it is still esteemed as such in the orient...
1 Samuel 18:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. David’s enemy-Saul It is the enmity of Saul which we are to consider--its beginning, its rapid growth, its deadly purpose. The excitement of the w...
1 Samuel 18:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PERSONAL RELATIONS OF SAUL AND DAVID ( CHS . 18-27). FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONATHAN ( CHS . 18-20). EXPOSITION JONATHAN LOVES DAVID ( 1 Samuel 18:1-9 ). 1 Samue...
1 Samuel 18:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul Plans to have David Removed
1 Samuel 18:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:1 ; 1 Kings 11:2 ; 1 Samuel 18:28 ; 2 Samuel 13:1 ; Genesis 29:18 ; Genesis 29:20 ; Genesis 34:3 ; Hosea 3:2 ; Judges 16:15 ; Judges 16:4

1 Samuel 18:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 18:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 18:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 18:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 18:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 18:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 18:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 18:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 18:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 18:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 18:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 18:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 18:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 18:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 18:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 18:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 18:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 18:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 18:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 18:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 18:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 18:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge