Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 18:23

23 Sǎoluó de chénpú jiù zhào zhè huà shuō gĕiDàwèi tīng . Dàwèi shuō , nǐmen yǐwéi zuò wáng de nǚxù shì yī jiàn xiǎoshì ma . wǒ shì pínqióng bēiwēi de rén .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 18:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:23

And Saul's servants spake these words in the ears of David,
&c.] Those before related, which Saul commanded them to speak, which they delivered exactly according to their orders, with an audible voice, clearly, plainly, and distinctly, so that David might hear and understand them:

and David said, seemeth it to you [a] light [thing] to be a king's son
in law;
a small a trifling matter, an easy thing to come into, every thing requisite to it:

seeing that I [am] a poor man;
and not able to give a dowry suitable to the daughter of a king; it being usual in those times for a man to give a dowry to, and not receive a portion with a wife; and which also was the custom of the Germans, as Tacitus ^F24 relates; and this was to be according to the rank and quality of the person married, and which in this case David was not equal to:

and lightly esteemed?
not by the people of Israel and Judah, who loved him, as he was loved even by the servants of Saul, at least in profession; but by Saul himself, who had slighted him in giving his elder daughter to another man, when he had promised her to him, which was discouraging to David, and resented by him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 De Moribus German. c. 18.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 18:23 In-Context

21 Sǎoluó xīnli shuō , wǒ jiāng zhè nǚér gĕi Dàwèi , zuò tāde wǎngluó , hǎo jiè Fēilìshì rén de shǒu haì tā . suǒyǐ Sǎoluó duì Dàwèi shuō , nǐ jīnrì kĕyǐ dì èr cì zuò wǒde nǚxù .

22 Sǎoluó fēnfu chénpú shuō , nǐmen ànzhōng duì Dàwèi shuō , wáng xǐyuè nǐ , wáng de chénpú yĕ dōu xǐaì nǐ , suǒyǐ nǐ dāng zuò wáng de nǚxù .

23 Sǎoluó de chénpú jiù zhào zhè huà shuō gĕiDàwèi tīng . Dàwèi shuō , nǐmen yǐwéi zuò wáng de nǚxù shì yī jiàn xiǎoshì ma . wǒ shì pínqióng bēiwēi de rén .

24 Sǎoluó de chénpú huí zòu shuō , Dàwèi suǒ shuō de rúcǐ rúcǐ .

25 Sǎoluó shuō , nǐmen yào duì Dàwèi zhèyàng shuō , wáng búyào shénme pìnlǐ , zhǐyào yī bǎi Fēilìshì rén de yáng pí , hǎo zaì wáng de chóudí shēnshang bàochóu . Sǎoluó de yìsi yào shǐ Dàwèi sāng zaì Fēilìshì rén de shǒu lǐ .