1st Samuel Chapter 18 verse 20 Holy Bible
And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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And Saul's daughter Michal was in love with David: and Saul had word of it and was pleased.
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And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight.
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And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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And Michal daughter of Saul loveth David, and they declare to Saul, and the thing is right in his eyes,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 20, 21. - Michal... loved David. Probably there was some short lapse of time between Merab's marriage and the growth of this affection, the news of which pleased Saul. He was not an ungenerous man, and possibly may have felt ashamed at having acted so meanly by David after having exposed him to danger. And yet evil thoughts again are uppermost, and his purposes are selfish; for either way Saul will be the gainer. David will probably be slain, he thinks, in trying to get the dowry asked of him; and if not, at all events he will himself be cleared of the stain of public dishonesty now resting upon him. Therefore Saul said to David. Not in person, which accounts for David giving no answer, but through his servants, as is recounted more fully afterwards.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) And Michal Saul's daughter loved David.--But the love of the younger of the two royal princesses for her father's brilliant officer gave the unhappy king a fresh excuse to expose David's life to peril, while at the same time he appeared to be endeavouring to carry out an old formal promise.
