2 Samuel 6:23
in 2 Samuel 6And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
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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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This verse in 2 Samuel 6
Commentary
2 notes on this verseTherefore 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:
This site's exposition
no child unto the day
The narrator's last word closes her story on his own terms: not David's wife but Saul's daughter, and childless to the end. A later verse, 2 Samuel 21:8, names five sons of Michal in the Hebrew text as it stands, and many Hebrew manuscripts, the Syriac, and several English translations read Merab there instead, Michal's sister who was given to Adriel; Keil and Delitzsch and most of the bench take the correction as resolving rather than contradicting this verse. Whatever the resolution, 6:23 stands as the verse the narrator meant to be read on its own: the woman who once loved David and saved his life dies with no place in the house God is building.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְמִיכַל֙ | ulemikhal | and to Michal | H4324 → | 18 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| שָׁא֔וּל | shaul | Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָ֥יָה | hayah | it belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָ֖הּ | lah | to <the> her | ||
| יָ֑לֶד | yaled | a child | H3206 → | 89 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| י֥וֹם | yom | [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| מוֹתָֽהּ׃ פ | motah | death her | H4194 → | 156 times |
וּלְמִיכַל֙and to Michal
ulemikhalH4324 →18 times
בַּת־[the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
שָׁא֔וּלSaul
shaulH7586 →402 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הָ֥יָהit belonged
hayahH1961 →3559 times
לָ֖הּto <the> her
lah
יָ֑לֶדa child
yaledH3206 →89 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
י֥וֹם[the] day of
yomH3117 →2304 times
מוֹתָֽהּ׃ פdeath her
motahH4194 →156 times
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
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.”
it 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.
- Genesis 30:22–23
Through
1 Samuel 15:35And 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.
it 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?”
- 1 Samuel 15:11
Through
Matthew 1:25But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
it 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.
- Luke 2:21
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel.