1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:2 Saul TOOK David into his service and WOULD NOT LET HIM RETURN TO HIS FATHER’S HOUSE. This was an example of the “ways of the king” that Samuel had warned of (“he will take your sons”; 1 Samuel 8:11). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=... [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:3 HE LOVED HIM AS HIS OWN SOUL. Jonathan would eventually give up any claim to the throne for David’s sake (1 Samuel 23:17) and would even risk his life for David (1 Samuel 20:30); see note on 2 Sam. 1:26. JONATHAN... GAVE his robe and other symbols of royal power TO DAV... [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:6 As David’s success increases, Saul’s jealousy also increases. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:7 SAUL HAS STRUCK DOWN HIS THOUSANDS, AND DAVID HIS TEN THOUSANDS could be seen as simply an example of Hebrew parallelism, meaning “Saul and David together have killed many thousands.” Yet naming two distinct people in a number parallelism was unusual, and Saul in his p... [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:17 FIGHT THE LORD’S BATTLES. See 1 Samuel 17:47. Saul tried to use David’s commitment to God to get him killed by the Philistines. Saul’s plotting shows little faith in the Lord, for he thought the Philistines could defeat David even though “the LORD was with him” (1 Sam... [ Continue Reading ]
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:20 THAT SHE MAY BE A SNARE FOR HIM. Saul agrees to let his daughter Michal marry David. Saul hopes that he can use her to destroy David. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:25 The BRIDE-PRICE was normally money, but since David could not afford what was due a king’s daughter, the king let him display his bravery instead. The Philistines had FORESKINS because they were “uncircumcised” (see 1 Samuel 14:6 and note). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = documen... [ Continue Reading ]