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Verse 1 Samuel 18:17. _FIGHT THE LORD'S BATTLES._] Mr. Calmet properly
remarks that the wars of the Hebrews, while conducted by the express
orders of God, were truly _the wars of the Lord_; but when t...
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Saul had not hitherto fulfilled the promise of which David had heard
(marginal reference); nor was it unnatural that Saul should delay to
do so, until the shepherd’s boy had risen to a higher rank....
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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)...
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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...
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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.
VALIANT. Hebrew son of valour.
LET NOT MINE HAND, &c. Compare David and Uriah. 2 Samuel 11:15....
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_Merab_ = _Increase_. Saul offered her to David in fulfilment of his
promise (1 Samuel 17:25). In return for this honour Saul expects him
to fight his battles, treacherously hoping that he may fall by...
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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....
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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...
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_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 SAUL SAID, LET NOT MINE HAND BE UPON HIM, BUT LET...
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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...
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Every battle fought by Israel was an act of religious worship to
Jehovah: cp. 1 Samuel 25:28....
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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...
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BEHOLD MY ELDER DAUGHTER MERAB, HER WILL I GIVE THEE TO WIFE. — This
was but the fulfilment of a much earlier promise. The king had said he
would give his daughter in marriage to the hero who should s...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶל ־דָּוִ֗ד
הִנֵּה֩ בִת
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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...
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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;...
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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...
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And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I
give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and (g) fight the
LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but l...
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And Saul. This an the two following verses are omitted in the Roman
Septuagint, which subjoins, "and Michol, the daughter of Saul, loved
David," &c. (Haydock) --- Wife. He had promised her already,
(M...
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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...
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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...
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AND SAUL SAID TO DAVID,.... Not in friendship and good will to him,
but designing to lay a snare for him:
BEHOLD, MY ELDEST DAUGHTER MERAB, HER WILL I GIVE THEE TO WIFE; most
interpreters understand...
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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 Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let t...
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_And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab_, &c. He at
last bethinks himself of the promise he had publicly made unto him
that should kill Goliath; the performance of which David did not...
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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...
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SAUL PLANS TO HAVE DAVID REMOVED...
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And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I
give thee to wife, in fufilling the promise which was well known to
all the soldiers of the army, 1 Samuel 17:25; ONLY BE THOU VALIAN...
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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...
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VALIANT:
_ Heb._ a son of valour...
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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...
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HER WILL I GIVE THEE TO WIFE: this was no more than Saul was obliged
to do by his former promise, 1 SAMUEL 17:25, which here he renews and
pretends to perform, though he intended nothing less, as the...
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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...
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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:...
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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...
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_Fight the Lord’s battles._
AGGRESSIVE WORK
The history of the human race is one of progress. Divine revelation
has moved accordingly. The character of David is a sore problem to the
narrow observer,...
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_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...
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_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...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 18:6 As David’s success increases,
Saul’s jealousy also increases.
⇐ ⇔...
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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
kil
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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...
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PERSONAL RELATIONS OF SAUL AND DAVID (CHS. 18-27). FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID
AND JONATHAN (CHS. 18-20).
EXPOSITION
JONATHAN LOVES DAVID ...
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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...
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1 Samuel 17:25; 1 Samuel 17:47; 1 Samuel 18:21; 1 Samuel 18:25;...