King James Version
1 Samuel 18:20 in the King James Version says “And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. pleased him: Heb. was right in hi...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes”
1 Samuel 18:20 · KJV
And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and they told”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“pleased”
H3474to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
“and the thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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