1 Samuel 18:20

20 Aber Michal, Sauls Tochter, hatte den David lieb. Da das Saul angesagt ward, sprach er: Das ist recht;

1 Samuel 18:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:20

And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David
His youngest daughter fell in love with him, because of the comeliness of his person, his gallant behaviour, his wise conduct, and the general esteem and reputation he was had in, as may be supposed:

and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him;
not that his daughter loved David, or that he should be his son-in-law, but that he should have an opportunity, as he hoped, of destroying David, which he had lost by giving his elder daughter to another; as also of retrieving his credit with the people, which was greatly sunk by using David in the manner he did, who had become the darling of the people.

1 Samuel 18:20 In-Context

18 David aber antwortete Saul: Wer bin ich? und was ist mein Leben und das Geschlecht meines Vaters in Israel, daß ich des Königs Eidam werden soll? {~}
19 Da aber die Zeit kam, daß Merab, die Tochter Sauls, sollte David gegeben werden, ward sie Adriel, dem Meholathiter, zum Weibe gegeben.
20 Aber Michal, Sauls Tochter, hatte den David lieb. Da das Saul angesagt ward, sprach er: Das ist recht;
21 ich will sie ihm geben, daß sie ihm zum Fall gerate und der Philister Hände über ihn kommen. Und sprach zu David: Du sollst heute mit der andern mein Eidam werden. {~}
22 Und Saul gebot seinen Knechten: Redet mit David heimlich und sprecht: Siehe, der König hat Lust zu dir, und alle seine Knechte lieben dich; so sei nun des Königs Eidam.
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