And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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Gill's Exposition
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him,.... The cause and occasion of his fall and ruin, by means of what he should propose to him as the condition of marriage; but instead…
Barnes' Notes
The thing pleased him - It partly relieved him from the charge of breaking his faith.
Saul had now, in effect, proclaimed war with David. He began in open hostility when he threw the javelin at him. Now we are here told how his enmity proceeded, and how David received the attacks of…
David's marriage with Michal
20. Michal Saul's daughter loved David According to the text of the Sept. this follows immediately upon 1Sa 18:18. By his bravery David won the affections of the people,…