1 Samuel 18:25

1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Samuel 18:17; 2 Samuel 17:8-11; Exodus 22:16; Exodus 22:17; Genesis 17:11-14; Genesis 29:18; Genesis 34:12; Joshua 5:3

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An hundred foreskins - This is merely another expression of the spirit which led to the constant application of the epithet uncircumcised to the...
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the kin...
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

Dowry ] In ancient times some payment was made to the father by the intending bridegroom ( Genesis 34:12 ; Exodus 22:16 ), a relic of still earlier...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

An hundred foreskins. — Wordsworth’s note here, which he derives from Theodoret, is curious. Foreskins! why not heads? Here is a sign of Saul’s...
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

Prospered in spite of Plots 1 Samuel 18:22-30 The affection of Michal for the young warrior suggested a way of luring David into personal confl...
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, thus shall ye say to David ,.... In answer to his objections, and in order to remove them, and especially what concerned the dowry:...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king desireth not any dowry It was customary in those times for the husband to give a present, or, as it is rendered, a dowry , to his father-...
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

An hundred foreskins: these he desires rather than their heads; partly, for the greater convenience of bringing them, and presenting them before hi...
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 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

Saul Plans to have David Removed
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Saul said, still with the same anxiety to attain his object, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreski...

²⁵ And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 18:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 18:25