2 Samuel 6:23 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 6:23

And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

BSB

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ASV

And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

KJV

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child until the day of her death. The children she brought up for Adriel were not her own, but adopted ones, or Adriel's by another woman, 2Sa 21:8; however, she had none after this time, whatever she had before, and it does not appear that she had any, though the Jews say she was Eglah, and Ithream her son; see Gill on 2Sa 3:

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּלְמִיכַל֙	u.le.mi.Khal	and to Michal	H4324 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
שָׁא֔וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
הָ֥יָה	Ha.yah	it belonged	H1961 →
לָ֖הּ	lah	to <the> her
יָ֑לֶד	Ya.led	a child	H3206 →
עַ֖ד	'ad	until	H5704 →
י֥וֹם	Yom	[the] day of	H3117 →
מוֹתָֽהּ׃ פ	mo.Tah	death her	H4194 →

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Through
Luke 1:25
“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
leads to
- Genesis 30:22–23
  Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
- Isaiah 4:1
  In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away…
- Isaiah 54:1–4
  “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her…
- Genesis 21:1–2
  Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
- Genesis 25:21
  Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
Through
1 Samuel 15:35
And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:11
  “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all…
- 1 Samuel 19:24
  Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
Through
Matthew 1:25
But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
leads to
- Luke 2:21
  When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.

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