Commentary Critical and Explanatory
1 Samuel 18:18-19
And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
No JFB commentary on these verses.
And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
No JFB commentary on these verses.
WHAT IS MY LIFE - i. e., condition, or means of living (Proverbs 27:27 margin)....
3. JONATHAN AND DAVID--SAUL'S JEALOUSY CHAPTER 18 _ 1. Jonathan's love for David (1 Samuel 18:1)_ 2. The beginning of Saul's jealousy (1 Samuel 18:5) 3. David's marriage (1 Samuel 18:17)...
1 Samuel 18:10 to 1 Samuel 19:17. SAUL'S PLOTS AGAINST DAVID. COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. 1 Samuel 18:10 f. (R). Saul makes an unsuccessful attempt to kill David. A premature duplicate of...
_what is my life_ Probably, WHO ARE MY FOLK, EVEN MY FATHER'S FAMILY? David acknowledges himself unworthy of the proposed honour on the score of social position....
Saul's treacherous offer of his daughter Merab to David 17 19 This section and the clause of 1 Samuel 18:21 which refers to it are omitted in the Sept. (B). See Note VI. p. 241....
David the King's Son-in-law. 1 Samuel 18:17-30 17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord's battles. For S...
WHAT _is_ MY LIFE] RM 'Who are my kinsfolk?' The word denotes a division of the tribe larger than a 'father's family.'...
THE LOVE OF JONATHAN FOR DAVID 1 Samuel 18:6 of this chapter seem to be connected with 1 Samuel 16:14 and not to be taken from the same document as 1 Samuel 17:1 to...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 18 V1 David finished talking with Saul. Jonathan, Saul’s son, became a very close friend with David. Jonathan loved David as much as he loved...
WHAT IS MY LIFE? — These words in David’s modest and wise answer have been variously interpreted. (_a_) They have been taken to refer to David’s personal life; but surely _that_ has been alluded to in...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל ־שָׁא֗וּל מִ֤י אָֽנֹכ
CHAPTER XXV. _ SAUL'S JEALOUS-DAVID'S MARRIAGE._ 1 Samuel 18:1. THE conqueror of Goliath had been promised, as his reward, the eldest daughter of the king in marriage. The fulfillment of that promis...
PROTECTED FROM DASTARDLY ASSAULTS 1 Samuel 18:10 The Lord was evidently with David. Mark how the sacred chronicle keeps this fact in view, 1 Samuel 18:12; 1 Samuel 18:14;...
Here, in the account of Jonathan and David, begins one of the most perfect stories of love and friendship in the world. The story is all the more beautiful because of its dark background. Love is in i...
_Life. What exploits have I performed deserving such an honour? or what offices have my relations yet enjoyed? (Calmet) --- David considers only his abject condition, and forgets his victories. (Haydo...
Now that we have heard the prophet's judgment of king Saul, there follows next the choice of Jehovah. The chapter gives us in a very striking manner the manifest sentence of death on all the thoughts...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18 AND 19. But when Christ makes Himself known, the remnant (which Jonathan represented) loves Him as his own soul, and this beloved one becomes the object of...
AND DAVID SAID UNTO SAUL,.... Surprised at the offer Saul made him, yet not refusing it, but expressing himself with great modesty and humility: WHO [AM] I? as to his person, parentage, and employmen...
And David said unto Saul, Who [am] I? and what [is] my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? Ver. 18. _And David said unto Saul, Who am I?_] Time was, when...
_David said, Who am I? and what is my life?_ How little is my life worth, that by the exposing of that to some hazard, I should purchase a king's daughter! In these expressions David showeth not only...
1 Ionathan loueth Dauid. 5 Saul enuieth his praise, 10 Seeketh to kill him in his furie, 12 Feareth him for his good successe, 17 Offereth him his daughters for a snare. 22 Dauid perswaded to be...
And David said unto Saul, in true modesty, without the least suspicion of Saul's guile, WHO AM I? AND WHAT IS MY LIFE OR MY FATHER'S FAMILY IN ISRAEL THAT I SHOULD BE SON-IN-LAW TO THE KING? David imp...
SAUL PLANS TO HAVE DAVID REMOVED...
Jonathan, the son of Saul stands in refreshing contrast to his father. He was present when David returned to Saul. Doubtless David's victory had attracted Jonathan, but David's words decide him. When...
12-30 For a long time David was kept in continual apprehension of falling by the hand of Saul, yet he persevered in meek and respectful behaviour towards his persecutor. How uncommon is such prudence...
MY LIFE, i.e. my manner of living. How obscure is that condition in which I was born, and have been bred! Or rather thus, How little is my life worth, that by the exposing of that to some hazard (whic...
1 Samuel 18:18 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) Saul H7586 life H2416 fathers H1 family H4940 Israel H3478 son-in-law...
BOUND BY HIS PROMISE SAUL SEEKS TO FULFIL IT BY GIVING ONE OF HIS DAUGHTER'S TO DAVID TO BE HIS WIFE (1 SAMUEL 18:17). Saul had publicly promised that to the victor over Goliath he would give him one...
CONTENTS: Love covenant of Jonathan and David. Saul's jealousy and attempts on David's life. Saul's daughter given to David. CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Jonathan, Merab, Michal, Adriel. CONCLUSION:...
1 Samuel 18:4. _Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David._ This was the highest mark of favour he could show him, and it is still esteemed as such in the oriental...
_What is my life?_ THE GRANDEUR OF LIFE “Who am I?” and “What is my life?” Am I only like some larger ephemera on the leaves of the green bay tree of existence, born in the morning and gone at evenin...
_And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul._ DAVID’S JEOPARDY Saul was afraid of David. This is most remarkable, for was not Saul the king, and David but...
_And Saul eyed David from that day and forward._ DAVID’S ENEMY-SAUL It is the enmity of Saul which we are to consider--its beginning, its rapid growth, its deadly purpose. The excitement of the war b...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:6 As David’s success increases, Saul’s jealousy also increases. ⇐ ⇔...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:18 WHO AM I? Saul used David’s humble reply as an excuse to give Merab to another man. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 18:5. “DAVID WENT OUT.” “That this refers to war and not to general business is plain, not only from the following account, which mentions not only military un...
PERSONAL RELATIONS OF SAUL AND DAVID (CHS. 18-27). FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONATHAN (CHS. 18-20). EXPOSITION JONATHAN LOVES DAVID ...
Now when it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan [Saul's son was just sort of] knit with the soul of David, Jonathan loved him as himself (1 Samuel 18:1...
1 Samuel 18:23; 1 Samuel 9:21; 2 Samuel 7:18; Exodus 3:11; Jeremiah 1:6
What is my life — How little is my life worth, that by the exposing of that to some hazard, I should purchase a king's daughter! In these expressions David sheweth not only his humility, but also his...