1-Samuel - 18:28



28 Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Samuel 18:28.

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And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michol the daughter of Saul loved him.
And Saul seeth and knoweth that Jehovah is with David, and Michal daughter of Saul hath loved him,
And it was clear to Saul that the Lord was with David; and he was loved by all Israel.
And Saul saw and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michal, the daughter of Saul, loved him.

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And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David,.... This he perceived by the favour he gave him among men, by overruling all the steps Saul took to do him hurt, for his good, and in giving him success in all that he engaged in; the Targum is,"that the Word of the Lord was for the help of David:"
and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him; and therefore could entertain no hope of making use of her as an instrument of his ruin, but, on the contrary, would, out of her great affection to her husband, betray the designs of her father against him, and do all she could to preserve him.

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