1 Samuel 18:17

1 Samuel 17:25; 1 Samuel 17:47; 1 Samuel 18:21; 1 Samuel 18:25; 1 Samuel 25:28; 2 Samuel 11:15; 2 Samuel 12:9; Deuteronomy 17:7; Numbers 32:20; Numbers 32:27; Numbers 32:29; Psalms 12:2; Psalms 55:21

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Saul had not hitherto fulfilled the promise of which David had heard (marginal reference); nor was it unnatural that Saul should delay to do so, un...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and (g) fight the LORD'S battles....
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 unsuccess...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold . Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. valiant . Hebrew son of valour. Let not mine hand, &c. Compare David and Uriah. 2 Samuel 11...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles....
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Every battle fought by Israel was an act of religious worship to Jehovah: cp. 1 Samuel 25:28 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife. — This was but the fulfilment of a much earlier promise. The king had said he would g...
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 daughte...
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,...
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 bea...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Saul said to David ,.... Not in friendship and good will to him, but designing to lay a snare for him: behold, my eldest daughter Merab, her w...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab , &c. He at last bethinks himself of the promise he had publicly made unto him that shoul...
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 attr...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Marries Saul's Daughter; Saul's Jealousy of David. B. C. 1059....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Her will I give thee to wife: this was no more than Saul was obliged to do by his former promise, 1 Samuel 17:25 , which here he renews and pret...
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 prom...
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 t...
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 h...
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 g...
The Biblical Illustrator

And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul. David’s jeopardy Saul was afraid of David. This is mos...
The Biblical Illustrator

Fight the Lord’s battles. Aggressive work The history of the human race is one of progress. Divine revelation has moved accordingly. The charac...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PERSONAL RELATIONS OF SAUL AND DAVID ( CHS . 18-27). FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONATHAN ( CHS . 18-20). EXPOSITION JONATHA...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife, in fufilling the promise which was well known to all the soldie...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saul Plans to have David Removed

¹⁷ And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiantc for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 18:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 18:17