2 Samuel 3:13 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 3:13

“Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”

BSB

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ASV

And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee: that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

KJV

And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

David’s motive in requiring the restitution of Michal was partly his affection for her, and his memory of her love for him; partly the wish to wipe out the affront put upon him in taking away his wife, by obtaining her return; and partly, also, a politic consideration of the effect on Saul’s partisans of a daughter of Saul being David’s queen.

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
ט֔וֹב	Tov	good	H2896 →
אֲנִ֕י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
אֶכְרֹ֥ת	'ekh.Rot	I will make	H3772 →
אִתְּךָ֖	'i.te.Kha	with you	H854 →
בְּרִ֑ית	be.Rit	a covenant	H1285 →
אַ֣ךְ	'akh	only	H389 →
דָּבָ֣ר	da.Var	a thing	H1697 →
אֶחָ֡ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
אָנֹכִי֩	'a.no.Khi	I	H595 →
שֹׁאֵ֨ל	sho.'El	[am] asking	H7592 →
מֵאִתְּךָ֤	me.'i.te.Kha	from with <the> you	H854 →
לֵאמֹר֙	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תִרְאֶ֣ה	tir.'Eh	you will see	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פָּנַ֔י	pa.Nai	face my	H6440 →
כִּ֣י׀	ki	for	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
לִפְנֵ֣י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
הֱבִיאֲךָ֗	he.vi.'a.Kha	bring you	H935 →
אֵ֚ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
מִיכַ֣ל	mi.Khal	Michal	H4324 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
שָׁא֔וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
בְּבֹאֲךָ֖	be.vo.'a.Kha	when coming you	H935 →
לִרְא֥וֹת	lir.'ot	to see	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
פָּנָֽי׃ ס	pa.Nai	face my	H6440 →

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Through
1 Chronicles 15:29
As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:20–23
  As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself…
- 2 Samuel 6:16
  As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him…
- 1 Samuel 18:27–28
  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…
- 2 Samuel 3:13–14
  “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to…
- Deuteronomy 31:26
  “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
Through
Genesis 43:3
But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
leads to
- Genesis 44:23
  But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
- Genesis 43:5
  But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
Through
Genesis 44:26
But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
leads to
- Genesis 43:4–5
  If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

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