The Meaning of 1 Samuel 18:28 Explained

1 Samuel 18:28

KJV: And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.

YLT: And Saul seeth and knoweth that Jehovah is with David, and Michal daughter of Saul hath loved him,

Darby: And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal Saul's daughter loved him.

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

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 18:28?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Saul saw and knew that the LORD [was] with David, and [that] Michal Saul's daughter loved him.

What does 1 Samuel 18:28 Mean?

Context Summary

1Samuel 18:22-30 - Prospered In Spite Of Plots

The affection of Michal for the young warrior suggested a way of luring David into personal conflict with the Philistines. Saul's secret hope was that he might fall a victim to their prowess. David at first took no notice of the royal proposals, because the king had already failed to keep his word; but when the courtiers explained the terms, David accepted the challenge. Saul was playing his game with great adroitness. On the one hand, his attendants genuinely believed that he delighted in David and desired the alliance; while on the other, see his true motive in 1 Samuel 18:25.

Once more Saul was foiled, for, within the appointed time, David secured double the king's requirement, and Michal became his wife. If jealous people would only ponder this story, they would discover the uselessness of setting themselves athwart God's manifest purpose in another's life. See Psalms 7:11-13; Psalms 7:16, r.v. Don't sulk, don't detract, don't sow suspicions. Take your father's side, you elder brother! Go into the banqueting-hall, salute your younger brother, and enter into the general joy. If you choose the generous course, and affirm it, you will find the joy welling in your heart. Stand your ground in Christ against your unworthy, selfish, lower self! [source]

Chapter Summary: 1Samuel 18

¹ Jonathan befriends David
⁵ Saul envies his praise
¹⁰ seeks to kill him in his fury
¹² fears him for his good success
¹⁷ offers him his daughters for snare
²³ David persuaded to be the king's son-in-law,
²⁵ gives two hundred foreskins of the Philistines for Michal's dowry
²⁸ Saul's hatred and David's glory increase

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 18:28 mean?

Thus saw Saul and knew that Yahweh [was] with David and [that] Michal daughter of Saul loved him

וַיַּ֤רְא שָׁאוּל֙ וַיֵּ֔דַע כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עִם־ דָּוִ֑ד וּמִיכַ֥ל בַּת־ שָׁא֖וּל אֲהֵבַֽתְהוּ

וַיַּ֤רְא	Thus saw
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
שָׁאוּל֙	Saul
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
וַיֵּ֔דַע	and knew
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: דָּעָה Sense: to know.
כִּ֥י	that
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יְהוָ֖ה	Yahweh [was]
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
דָּוִ֑ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וּמִיכַ֥ל	and [that] Michal
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: מִיכַל Sense: daughter of king Saul, sister of Jonathan, wife of king David, and mother of five; given to David as wife for the bride price of 00 Philistine foreskins; while still married to David, her father gave her in marriage to another, Phaltiel; at the death of Saul, David forced her to return.
בַּת־	daughter
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: בַּת Sense: daughter.
שָׁא֖וּל	of Saul
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁאוּל Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
אֲהֵבַֽתְהוּ	loved him
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular, third person masculine singular Root: אָהַב Sense: to love.

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