1 Sam 18-Study-David-Slews Philistines-wed Michal

[Anne Terri]

GOD'S FAMILY TREES OF THE HOLY BIBLE

Adam to Abraham to

David to Jesus

THE STORY OF KING DAVID

1 SAMUEL 18 - STUDY GUIDE

DAVID SLEWS TWO HUNDRED PHILISTINES
DAVID MARRIES MICHAL - KING SAUL'S DAUGHTER

1 Samuel 18:1-4 the soul of Jonathan was knit with David ... Saul took him that day, and would let him go not more home ... Jonathan and David made a covenant ... he loved him as his own soul ...Jonathan stripped himself of the robe...gave it toDavideven to his sword...

1 Samuel 18:5 Saul set him over the men of war ... he was accepted

1 Samuel 18:6-9 when David... returned from the Slaughter of the Philistine ... the women ... of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul ... and said Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands ... Saul was very wroth...

1 Samuel 18:10-11 the evil spirit ... came upon Saul, and he prophesied ... David played with his hand ... and there was a javelin in Saul's hand ... Saul cast the javelin ... he said, I will smite David ... David avoided ... his presence twice

1 Samuel 18:12-16 Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him ... Saul removed him ... made him his captain over a thousand ...he went out ... David behaved ... Saul saw that he behaved ... he was afraid ... all Israel and Judah loved David...

1 Samuel 18:16-18 Saul said to David... my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife ... only ... for me ... fight the LORD'S battles ...and said ... let not mine hand be upon him ... let the hand of the Philistines be upon him ... David said ... Who am I ... that I should be son in law to the king?

1 Samuel 18:19-21 Merab ... should have been given to David ... she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite ... Michal Saul's daughter loved David ... they told Saul ... Saul said: I will give him her ... she may be a snare to him ... that the hand of the Philistines may be against him

1 Samuel 18:22-25 Saul commanded his servants ... Commune with David secretly ... say ... the king hath delight in thee ...David said ... Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law ... The servants tell Saul ... Saul said ... say to David ... The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines ... (he) thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines

1 Samuel 18:26-30 it pleased David well to be the king's son in law... David ... hismen... slew of the Philistines two hundred men ... brought their foreskins ... to the king ... Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife ... and knew that the LORD was with David ... Michal loved him ... Saul was ... more afraid of David ... became David's enemy ... the princes of the Philistines went forth ... David behaved him self more wisely than all the servants of Saul ... his name was much set by

1 Samuel 18:1-4 the soul of Jonathan was knit with David ... Saul took him that day, and would let him go not more home ... Jonathan and David made a covenant ... he loved him as his own soul ...Jonathan stripped himself of the robe...gave it to David even to his sword...

1: And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2: And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
3: Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
4: And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.



1 Samuel 18:5 Saul set him over the men of war ... he was accepted ...

5: And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.



1 Samuel 18:6-9 when David ... returned from the Slaughter of the Philistine ... the women ... of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul ... and said Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands ... Saul was very wroth...

6: And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
7: And the women answered one another as they played, and said,
Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
8: And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said,
They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
9: And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.



1 Samuel 18:10-11 the evil spirit ... came upon Saul, and he prophesied ... David played with his hand ... and there was a javelin in Saul's hand ... Saul cast the javelin ... he said, I will smite David ... David avoided ... his presence twice

10: And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
11: And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.



1 Samuel 18:12-16 Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him ... Saul removed him ... made him his captain over a thousand ...he went out ... David behaved ... Saul saw that he behaved ... he was afraid ... all Israel and Judah loved David...


12: And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
13: Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
14: And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
15: Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
16: But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.



1 Samuel 18:16-18 Saul said to David ... my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife ... only ... for me ... fight the LORD'S battles ...and said ... let not mine hand be upon him ... let the hand of the Philistines be upon him ... David said ... Who am I ... that I should be son in law to the king?


17: And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles.
For Saul said,
Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
18: And David said unto Saul,
Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?




1 Samuel 18:19-21 Merab ... should have been given to David ... she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite ... Michal Saul's daughter loved David ... they told Saul ... Saul said: I will give him her ... she may be a snare to him ... that the hand of the Philistines may be against him


19: But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
20: And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21: And Saul said,
I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.
Wherefore Saul said to David,
Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.




1 Samuel 18:22-25 Saul commanded his servants ... Commune with David secretly ... say ... the king hath delight in thee ... David said ... Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law ... The servants tell Saul ... Saul said ... say to David ... The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines ... (he) thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines



22: And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say,
Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
23: And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David.
And David said,
Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
24: And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
25: And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David,
The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies.
But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.




1 Samuel 18:26-30 it pleased David well to be the king's son in law... David ... his men... slew of the Philistines two hundred men ... brought their foreskins ... to the king ... Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife ... and knew that the LORD was with David ... Michal loved him ... Saul was ... more afraid of David ... became David's enemy ... the princes of the Philistines went forth ... David behaved him self more wisely than all the servants of Saul ... his name was much set by


26: And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
27: Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David broughttheir foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
28: And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
29: And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
30: Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

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Names of 1 Samuel 18

Saul
David
Jonathan (Son of Saul)

Merab (Saul's elder daughter)
(first promised to David to wife and then given to)
Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

Michal Saul's daughter and David's Wife

The Philistines



Places of 1 Samuel 18

Israel
Judah


DICTIONARY OF RELIGION

Tabrets: A small tabor, which is

A small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.