King James Version
1 Samuel 18:28 in the King James Version says “And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.”
1 Samuel 18:28 · KJV
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired. expired: Heb. fulfilled
Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. set by: Heb. precious
KJV Study — Public Domain
“saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“and knew”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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