‏ 1 Samuel 18:20-28

loved David 1Sam 18:28, Gen 29:18, Gen 29:20, Gen 34:3; Judg 16:1-31, Judg 4:1-24, Judg 15:1-20; 2Sam 13:1-39, 2Sam 1:1-27; 1Kgs 11:1-43, 1Kgs 1:1-53, 1Kgs 2:1-46; Hos 3:1-5, Hos 2:1-23

pleased him Heb. was right in his eyes

a snare Exod 10:7; Ps 7:14-16, Ps 38:12; Prov 26:24-26, Prov 29:5; Jer 5:26, Jer 9:8

the hand 1Sam 18:17, 1Sam 19:11-12

this day 1Sam 18:26

commanded Ps 36:1-3, Ps 55:21

servants 2Sam 13:28-29; Prov 29:12

a light 1John 3:1

a poor man 1Sam 9:21; Prov 14:20, Prov 19:6-7; Eccl 9:15-16

and lightly Ps 119:141

On this manner Heb. According to these words, 1Sam 18:24

dowry Gen 29:18, Gen 34:12; Exod 22:16-17

but an hundred That is, Thou shalt slay one hundred Philistines, and thou shalt produce their foreskins as a proof, not only that thou hast killed one hundred men, but that these are of the uncircumcised Philistines.

foreskins 1Sam 17:26, 1Sam 17:36; Gen 17:11-14; Josh 5:3

to be avenged 1Sam 14:24

thought 1Sam 18:17; 2Sam 17:8-11

the days 1Sam 18:21

expired Heb. fulfilled

his men 1Sam 18:13

slew Judg 14:19; 2Sam 3:14

two hundred men The Septuagint has only εκατον ανδπας, one hundred men; and as Saul covenanted for a hundred, as David himself says (2Sam 3:14), that he espoused Michal for a hundred, it is very probable that this is the true reading.

1Sam 24:20, 1Sam 26:25; Gen 30:27, Gen 37:8-11, Gen 39:3; Rev 3:9

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