David replied, ‘Good, I will make a covenant with you. However, there’s one thing I require of you: You will not see my face unless you first bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.’
1 Samuel 18:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when it was reported to Saul, it pleased him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and it pleased him. American Standard Version (1901) And Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. Common English Bible Now Saul’s younger daughter Michal loved David. When this was reported to Saul, he was happy about it. Catholic Public Domain Version Now Michal, the other daughter of Saul, loved David. And this was reported to Saul, and it pleased him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Michol the other daughter of Saul loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him. |
David replied, ‘Good, I will make a covenant with you. However, there’s one thing I require of you: You will not see my face unless you first bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.’
As the ark of the Lord was entering the city of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.
When David returned home to bless his household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. ‘How the king of Israel honoured himself today! ’ she said. ‘He exposed himself today in the sight of the slave girls of his subjects like a vulgar person would expose himself.’
Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. The names of his two daughters were Merab, his firstborn, and Michal, the younger.
Saul realised that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved him,