1st Samuel Chapter 25 verse 44 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(44) Michal his daughter.--The marriage of the Princess Michal to Phalti (Michal, we read, "loved David," 1Samuel 18:20) had taken place probably some time before. This high-handed act showed on the part of Saul a fixed determination to break utterly and for ever with David. Phalti was presumably a chieftain whom Saul was desirous of attracting to his fortunes. But the story of Miehal does not end here. After King Saul's death, Abner, the uncle (or perhaps the cousin) of the late king, the well-known captain of his host, made overtures to David. David, however, only consented to a friendship with Abner if his young kins woman, the Princess Miehal, Saul's daughter, was taken away from Phalti, and restored to him as his wife. Abner, we read, complied with the condition, and Miehal was taken from Phaltiel--as he is called in the account of this transaction, contained in 2Samuel 3:13; 2Samuel 3:161Samuel 25:44 the second husband of David's wife is called Phalti, and in 2Samuel 3:15 he is called Phaltiel. Rabbi Jochanan said his name received that extension (el=God) to indicate that God had saved him from transgression. (The name Phalti being derived from the root palat--to cause to escape, Michal and Phalti never having lived together as man and wife.)--Treatise Sanhedrin, fol. 19, Colossians 2.Once more the daughter of Saul appears in the sacred history. (See 2Samuel 6:20-23.) It was the greatest day in David's life--the Ark of the Covenant was being brought up with solemn pomp from its place of long exile in Kirjath-jearim to the new sacred capital of the loved king. One sad incident alone, we are told, marred the glories of the day. Michal, his wife, as Stanley thinks, in the proud, almost conservative, spirit of the older dynasty, not without a thought of her father's fallen house, looked on contemptuously as King David danced before the Ark with the priests, his royal robes thrown aside; and later in the day seems to have poured out before the king her scornful feelings. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewBut Saulוְשָׁא֗וּל (wə·šā·’ūl)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israeliteshad givenנָתַ֛ן (nā·ṯan)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, sethis daughterבִּתּ֖וֹ (bit·tōw)Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 1323: A daughterMichal,מִיכַ֥ל (mî·ḵal)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 4324: Michal -- wife of DavidDavid’sדָּוִ֑ד (dā·wiḏ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jessewife,אֵ֣שֶׁת (’ê·šeṯ)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 802: Woman, wife, femaleto Paltiלְפַלְטִ֥י (lə·p̄al·ṭî)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 6406: Palti -- 'escape', two Israelitessonבֶן־ (ḇen-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 1121: A sonof Laish,לַ֖יִשׁ (la·yiš)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3919: Laish -- 'lion', a city and region in northern Canaanwho [was]אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thatfrom Gallim.מִגַּלִּֽים׃ (mig·gal·lîm)Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 1554: Gallim -- 'heaps', a place near JerusalemJump to PreviousDaughter David David's Laish Michal Palti Paltiel Saul Wife