1 Samuel 18:26
in 1 Samuel 18When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
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ASV
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. And the days were not expired;
KJV
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 18
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The days were not expired - David was so rapid in his attack upon the Philistines that he was able to bring the required dowry within the time, and to receive his wife (Michal), before the time had expired within which he was to receive Merab.
This site's exposition
he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law
on 1 Samuel 18:26-27
David moves before the wedding day arrives and brings back two hundred foreskins, double the number required. Clarke notes that the Septuagint reads a hundred, matching Saul’s demand and David’s own count at 2 Samuel 3:14, and takes the doubled figure as a copying variant. Either way the price is paid in full, and Saul is bound by his own word to give him Michal.
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The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּגִּ֨דוּ | vaiyagidu | and they told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| עֲבָדָ֤יו | ʾavadav | servants his | H5650 → | 799 times |
| לְדָוִד֙ | ledavid | to David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַדְּבָרִ֣ים | hadevarim | the words | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הָאֵ֔לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| וַיִּשַׁ֤ר | vaiyishar | and it was pleasing | H3474 → | 25 times |
| הַדָּבָר֙ | hadavar | the matter | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֣י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| דָוִ֔ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| לְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ן | lehitchaten | to be son-in-law | H2859 → | 33 times |
| בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ | bamelekh | to the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| מָלְא֖וּ | malu | they were completed | H4390 → | 249 times |
| הַיָּמִֽים׃ | haiyamim | the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
וַיַּגִּ֨דוּand they told
vaiyagiduH5046 →370 times
עֲבָדָ֤יוservants his
ʾavadavH5650 →799 times
לְדָוִד֙to David
ledavidH1732 →999 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַדְּבָרִ֣יםthe words
hadevarimH1697 →1440 times
הָאֵ֔לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
וַיִּשַׁ֤רand it was pleasing
vaiyisharH3474 →25 times
הַדָּבָר֙the matter
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
דָוִ֔דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
לְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ןto be son-in-law
lehitchatenH2859 →33 times
בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְto the king
bamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
מָלְא֖וּthey were completed
maluH4390 →249 times
הַיָּמִֽים׃the days
haiyamimH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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1 Samuel 18:21“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 18:17
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I…
- Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.
- 1 Samuel 19:11–12
Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will…
- Exodus 10:7
Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt…
- Jeremiah 5:26
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
- 1 Samuel 18:17
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.