1 Samuel 18:18

18 Pero David respondió a Saúl: ¿Quién soy yo, o qué es mi vida, o quién es la familia de mi padre en Israel, para que yo sea yerno del rey?

1 Samuel 18:18 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:18

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 employment, mean and despicable, at least in his own eyes, a type of the lowly Jesus, ( Matthew 11:29 ) ;

and what [is] my life?
keeping sheep, for from thence was he taken and advanced; though some think his meaning is, that to hazard his life, as Saul proposed, was not equivalent to such an honour he meant to confer upon him, and that he was ready to do it at all times:

[or] my father's family in Israel;
though in an honourable tribe, and was an honourable family, yet it seems not to be very great, at least was not in David's esteem worthy of such high advancement, as that one of it should be so nearly related to the king; Ben Gersom thinks David has reference to the original of his family, Ruth the Moabitess:

that I should be son in law to the king?
as he would be by marrying his daughter.

1 Samuel 18:18 In-Context

16 Pero todo Israel y Judá amaba a David, porque él salía y entraba delante de ellos.

17 Entonces Saúl dijo a David: He aquí, Merab, mi hija mayor; te la daré por mujer, con tal que me seas hombre valiente y pelees las batallas del SEÑOR. Porque Saúl se decía: No será mi mano contra él, sino sea contra él la mano de los filisteos.

18 Pero David respondió a Saúl: ¿Quién soy yo, o qué es mi vida, o quién es la familia de mi padre en Israel, para que yo sea yerno del rey?

19 Y aconteció que llegado el tiempo en que Merab, hija de Saúl, debía ser dada a David, ésta fue dada por mujer a Adriel el meholatita.

20 Y Mical, otra hija de Saúl, amaba a David. Cuando se lo informaron a Saúl, el asunto le agradó.