Saul, meanwhile, had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to a man from Gallim named Palti son of Laish.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
- KJV But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
- BSB But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
- NKJV But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
- NASB But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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Saul had given David's wife Michal to another man, Palti. Saul's act severs David's earlier marriage tie and deepens the breach.
Overview
The narrator notes that Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's rightful wife, to Palti of Gallim. This action both wrongs David and signals Saul's continued hostility despite his earlier confession. The detail sets up later events when David, reigning as king, reclaims Michal, underscoring the tangled consequences of Saul's defiance of God's chosen king.
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Cross-references · 4
- 2 Sam 3:14David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I was given to marry for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
- 1 Sam 18:27David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.
- Isa 10:30Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
- 1 Sam 18:20Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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