King James Version
2 Samuel 6:23 in the King James Version says “Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.”
2 Samuel 6:23 · KJV
And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. of the: or, of the handmaids of my servants
Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“unto the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“of her death”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
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