1 Samuele 18:20

20 Ma Mical, figliuola di Saul, amava Davide; lo riferirono a Saul, e la cosa gli piacque.

1 Samuele 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 Samuele 18:20 In-Context

18 Ma Davide rispose a Saul: "Chi son io, che è la vita mia, e che è la famiglia di mio padre in Israele, ch’io abbia ad essere genero del re?"

19 Or avvenne che, quando Merab figliuola di Saul doveva esser data a Davide, fu invece sposata ad Adriel di Mehola.

20 Ma Mical, figliuola di Saul, amava Davide; lo riferirono a Saul, e la cosa gli piacque.

21 E Saul disse: "Gliela darò, perché sia per lui un’insidia ed egli cada sotto la mano de’ Filistei". Saul dunque disse a Davide: "Oggi, per la seconda volta, tu puoi diventar mio genero".

22 Poi Saul diede quest’ordine ai suoi servitori: "Parlate in confidenza a Davide, e ditegli: Ecco, tu sei in grazia del re, e tutti i suoi servi ti amano, diventa dunque genero del re".