And Saul saw and knew that the LORDwas with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.
1 Samuel 18:28 comes not long after David's permanent call to Saul's court at Gibeah. It stands in the portion of 1 Samuel chapters 7-18 that tells of the choosing of Saul as king, the death of Samuel, the waning of the house of Saul and the calling of David. It belongs to the detailed story of Saul's jealousy and effort to slay David and to the covenant between David and Jonathan, with its illustration of principles involved.
The verse identifies Michal, Saul's daughter, as David's first wife. It states that Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David and that Michal loved him. Saul had made David captain of a thousand to remove him from his immediate presence and had given his daughter Michal to David as wife.
In the events surrounding the verse Saul recognized David's distinction and became impressed that David was the man God had chosen to take his place as king. He recognized that the Lord was with David and had forsaken Saul. David's advancement and the honors given to him were the occasion for Saul's envy that made Saul wretched. Saul opposed David because the Lord was with him.
David's wise behavior and increasing popularity with the people and the greater praise given to David only increased Saul's fierce, unreasonable, jealous hatred and enmity. This led finally to Saul's open declaration to take David's life and his effort to slay him. The verse shows the choosing of David and his checkered but ever-rising career in contrast to Saul's rashness, weakness, failure, rejection and ever downward course. It contrasts jealous Saul with his noble son Jonathan in his unselfish generosity.
Against Saul's enmity, David showed noble restraint and refusal to retaliate or take vengeance into his own hands upon the enemy pursuing him. He showed loyalty while Saul sought to kill him, with hope and trust in God. The account shows God's providence shaping and molding national events while still remembering the promised Seed. David's loyalty while Saul sought to kill him illustrates the safety of committing one's cause to God.
1 Samuel 18:28 comes not long after David's permanent call to Saul's court at Gibeah. It stands in the portion of 1 Samuel chapters 7-18 that tells of the choosing of Saul as king, the death of Samuel, the waning of the house of Saul and the calling of David. It belongs to the detailed story of Saul's jealousy and effort to slay David and to the covenant between David and Jonathan, with its illustration of principles involved.
The verse identifies Michal, Saul's daughter, as David's first wife. It states that Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David and that Michal loved him. Saul had made David captain of a thousand to remove him from his immediate presence and had given his daughter Michal to David as wife.
In the events surrounding the verse Saul recognized David's distinction and became impressed that David was the man God had chosen to take his place as king. He recognized that the Lord was with David and had forsaken Saul. David's advancement and the honors given to him were the occasion for Saul's envy that made Saul wretched. Saul opposed David because the Lord was with him.
David's wise behavior and increasing popularity with the people and the greater praise given to David only increased Saul's fierce, unreasonable, jealous hatred and enmity. This led finally to Saul's open declaration to take David's life and his effort to slay him. The verse shows the choosing of David and his checkered but ever-rising career in contrast to Saul's rashness, weakness, failure, rejection and ever downward course. It contrasts jealous Saul with his noble son Jonathan in his unselfish generosity.
Against Saul's enmity, David showed noble restraint and refusal to retaliate or take vengeance into his own hands upon the enemy pursuing him. He showed loyalty while Saul sought to kill him, with hope and trust in God. The account shows God's providence shaping and molding national events while still remembering the promised Seed. David's loyalty while Saul sought to kill him illustrates the safety of committing one's cause to God.