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1 Samuel 18:28

in 1 Samuel 18

When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him.

KJV

And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.

This verse in 1 Samuel 18

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

When Saul realized that the LORD was with David

on 1 Samuel 18:28-29

Saul sees plainly what the chapter has said three times, that the LORD is with David, and the seeing hardens his fear into settled policy. Verse 29 states the change precisely, "from then on Saul was David’s enemy," a move from fits of jealousy to a fixed course. Gill reads the shift as the difference between a feeling and a decision.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיַּ֤רְאand he saw

    vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times

  • שָׁאוּל֙Saul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • וַיֵּ֔דַעand he knew

    vaiyeda'H3045 →945 times

  • כִּ֥יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • עִם־[was] with

    ʾim-H5973 →1050 times

  • דָּוִ֑דDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • וּמִיכַ֥לand Michal

    umikhalH4324 →18 times

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323 →588 times

  • שָׁא֖וּלSaul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • אֲהֵבַֽתְהוּ׃she loved him

    ʾahevathuH157 →211 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Revelation 3:9

    Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know…

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 60:14

      The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy…

    • Revelation 2:9

      I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.

    • Isaiah 49:23

      Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…

    • Isaiah 45:14

      This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…

  • Through

    Genesis 30:27

    But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”

    it leads to

    • Genesis 26:24

      and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your…

    • Isaiah 61:9

      Their descendants will be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.

    • Acts 7:10

      and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.

    • Ruth 2:13

      “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Samuel

This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.