1 Samuel 25:44
in 1 Samuel 25But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
KJV
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 25
Commentary
7 notes on this verseBut Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish,.... Or "for Saul", &c. (i); which is a reason for his marrying again, but no reason for marrying more wives than one.
This site's exposition
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel
on 1 Samuel 25:43-44
David takes a second wife, Ahinoam of Jezreel, alongside Abigail, and the text sets his growing household beside Saul's own move against him, for Michal, David's actual wife, has been given by her father to Phalti the son of Laish. Two claims on David's marriage now stand unresolved in the narrative at once, and Scripture keeps both on record until David demands Michal back by name at 2 Sam 3:14, treating Saul's gift of her to Phalti as no divorce at all. John Gill notes that plural marriage, though never commanded and against the law's own pattern, was a custom good men of that age gave into without Scripture commending it.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
But Saul gave Michal his daughter as a wife to David, etc. Phalti means my savior, Lais means lion, or fears for himself, Gallim means those who are transmigrated. The leaders and teachers of the Jews, after they saw that the Gentiles believed in Christ, …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The loss is the more grievous at this juncture when Saul has grown so outrageous and David is driven from his country; never more need of Samuel than now, yet now he is removed. We will hope that the Israelites lamented Samuel's death the more bitterly because they remembered against themselves their own sin and folly in rejecting him and desiring a king.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
Phalti - Called also Phaltiel, 2Sa 3:16. Of Gallim - Probably a city or town in the tribe of Benjamin; see Isa 10:30. It is likely therefore that Saul chose this man because he was of his own tribe. In this chapter we have the account of the death of Samuel, who from his infancy had been devoted to God and the service of his people. He was born at a time in which religion was at a very low ebb in Israel, as there were but very few prophets, and no open vision - scarcely any revelation from God.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Michal--By the unchallengeable will of her father, she who was David's wife was given to another. But she returned and sustained the character of his wife when he ascended the throne.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Saul’s giving Michal to Phalti was intended to mark the final rupture of his own relations with David (compare Jdg 14:20; 2Sa 3:7; 2Sa 16:21). Phalti or Phaltiel Was compelled by Abner to restore Michal to David 2Sa 3:15. Gallin - A city of Benjamin, and in the neighborhood of another town called Laish.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׁא֗וּל | veshaul | and Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| נָתַ֛ן | natan | he had given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִיכַ֥ל | mikhal | Michal | H4324 → | 18 times |
| בִּתּ֖וֹ | bito | daughter his | H1323 → | 588 times |
| אֵ֣שֶׁת | ʾeshet | [the] wife of | H802 → | 781 times |
| דָּוִ֑ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| לְפַלְטִ֥י | lefalti | to Palti | H6406 → | |
| בֶן־ | ven- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| לַ֖יִשׁ | layish | Laish | H3919 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| מִגַּלִּֽים׃ | migalim | [was] from Gallim | H1554 → |
וְשָׁא֗וּלand Saul
veshaulH7586 →402 times
נָתַ֛ןhe had given
natanH5414 →2011 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִיכַ֥לMichal
mikhalH4324 →18 times
בִּתּ֖וֹdaughter his
bitoH1323 →588 times
אֵ֣שֶׁת[the] wife of
ʾeshetH802 →781 times
דָּוִ֑דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
לְפַלְטִ֥יto Palti
lefaltiH6406 →
בֶן־[the] son of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
לַ֖יִשׁLaish
layishH3919 →
אֲשֶׁ֥רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
מִגַּלִּֽים׃[was] from Gallim
migalimH1554 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
2 Samuel 3:14Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 18:27
David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to…
- 1 Samuel 18:25
Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 2:10
Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
- 1 Samuel 18:27
Through
1 Samuel 18:27David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 3:14
Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
- Judges 14:19
Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the…
- 2 Samuel 3:14
Through
Isaiah 10:30Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
it leads to
- Jeremiah 1:1
These are the words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin.
- Joshua 21:18
Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
- Jeremiah 1:1
Through
1 Samuel 18:20Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 18:28
When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
- 1 Samuel 18:28
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Samuel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.