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Version</a></span><br />Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/25.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which <i>was</i> of Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/25.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who <i>was</i> from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/25.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David&#8217s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_samuel/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_samuel/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But Saul had given Michal his [younger] daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_samuel/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Saul gave his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Saul gave his daughter Michal, David&#8217s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/25.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_samuel/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Saul had arranged for Michal to marry Palti the son of Laish, who came from the town of Gallim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/25.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the Son of Laish, which was of Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_samuel/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Palti, Laish's son, who was from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_samuel/25.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Saul had given his daughter Michal, who had been David's wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from the town of Gallim. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_samuel/25.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Meanwhile, Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Laish's son Palti from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_samuel/25.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />(Now Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel son of Laish, who was from Gallim.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_samuel/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now Saul had given Mikal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_samuel/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/25.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Saul gave his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Phalti son of Laish, who [is] of Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Saul gave Michal his daughter, wife to David, to Phalti son of Laish, who is of Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_samuel/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Saul gave Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti, son of Laish, who was of Gallim.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But Saul gave Michol his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti, the son of Lais, who was of Gallium. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then Saul gave his daughter Michal, the wife of David, to Palti, the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/25.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But Saul gave David’s wife Michal, Saul’s own daughter, to Palti, son of Laish, who was from Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But Saul had given Malchel his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Shaul gave Malkil, his daughter, the wife of David, to Palti, son of Lish, who was from Galim <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_samuel/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_samuel/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Saul gave Melchol his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Amis who was of Romma.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/25-44.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=7775" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/25.htm">David Marries Abigail</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">43</span>David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives. <span class="reftext">44</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7586.htm" title="7586: wə·šā·’ūl (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- Passive participle of sha'al; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites.">But Saul</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯan (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">had given</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: bit·tōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">his daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/4324.htm" title="4324: mî·ḵal (N-proper-fs) -- Wife of David. Apparently the same as miykal; revulet; Mikal, Saul's daughter.">Michal,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’ê·šeṯ (N-fsc) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">wife,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6406.htm" title="6406: lə·p̄al·ṭî (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Escape, two Isr. From palat; delivered; Palti, the name of two Israelites.">to Palti</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇen- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">son</a> <a href="/hebrew/3919.htm" title="3919: la·yiš (N-proper-ms) -- Laish -- lion, a city and region in northern Canaan. The same as layish; Laish, the name of two places in Palestine.">of Laish,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who was</a> <a href="/hebrew/1554.htm" title="1554: mig·gal·lîm (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- Heaps, a place near Jer. Plural of gal; springs; Gallim, a place in Palestine.">from Gallim.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/3-14.htm">2 Samuel 3:14-16</a></span><br />Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.” / So Ish-bosheth sent and took Michal from her husband Paltiel son of Laish. / Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/6-23.htm">2 Samuel 6:23</a></span><br />And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/12-8.htm">2 Samuel 12:8</a></span><br />I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm">2 Samuel 16:21-22</a></span><br />Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” / So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-22.htm">1 Kings 2:22</a></span><br />King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-3</a></span><br />King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/15-5.htm">1 Kings 15:5</a></span><br />For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/3-1.htm">1 Chronicles 3:1-3</a></span><br />These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel; / the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith; / the fifth was Shephatiah by Abital; and the sixth was Ithream by his wife Eglah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/8-33.htm">1 Chronicles 8:33</a></span><br />Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/14-3.htm">1 Chronicles 14:3</a></span><br />And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-8.htm">Matthew 19:8-9</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart. But it was not this way from the beginning. / Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-24.htm">Matthew 22:24-28</a></span><br />“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. / Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother. / The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/10-4.htm">Mark 10:4-5</a></span><br />They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.” / But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-18.htm">Luke 16:18</a></span><br />Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-16.htm">John 4:16-18</a></span><br />Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.” / “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband. / In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.</p><p class="hdg">But Saul.</p><p class="hdg">Michal</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/18-20.htm">1 Samuel 18:20,27</a></b></br> And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him… </p><p class="hdg">Phalti</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/3-14.htm">2 Samuel 3:14,14</a></b></br> And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver <i>me</i> my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines… </p><p class="hdg">Phaltiel </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/18-28.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-43.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-40.htm">David's</a> <a href="/judges/18-29.htm">Laish</a> <a href="/1_samuel/19-17.htm">Michal</a> <a href="/numbers/13-9.htm">Palti</a> <a href="/numbers/34-26.htm">Paltiel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-22.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-43.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/3-3.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-1.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-17.htm">David's</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-15.htm">Laish</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-13.htm">Michal</a> <a href="/numbers/13-9.htm">Palti</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-15.htm">Paltiel</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-1.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-3.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">1 Samuel 25</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-1.htm">Samuel dies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-2.htm">David in Paran sends to Nabal</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-10.htm">Provoked by Nabal's rudeness, he minds to destroy him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-14.htm">Abigail understanding thereof</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-18.htm">takes a present</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-23.htm">and by her wisdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-32.htm">pacifies David</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-36.htm">Nabal hearing thereof, dies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">39. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-39.htm">David takes Abigail and Ahinoam to be his wives</a></span><br><span class="reftext">44. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-44.htm">Michal is given to Phalti</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/25.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_samuel/25.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But Saul had given his daughter Michal</b><br>Saul's actions here reflect the ongoing tension and conflict between him and David. Michal, originally given to David as a wife, was a political move by Saul to strengthen ties with David. However, Saul's later decision to give her to another man indicates his desire to undermine David's position and legitimacy. This act can be seen as part of Saul's broader attempts to thwart God's plan for David to become king.<p><b>David’s wife</b><br>Michal's status as David's wife is significant because it highlights the personal cost of Saul's jealousy and the political maneuvering in ancient Israel. David's marriage to Michal was not just a personal union but also a political alliance. The disruption of this marriage by Saul's actions underscores the instability and personal sacrifices involved in David's rise to power.<p><b>to Palti son of Laish</b><br>Palti, also known as Paltiel, is introduced here as Michal's new husband. This change in marital status was not initiated by Michal or David but by Saul, reflecting the lack of agency women often had in ancient times. Palti's acceptance of Michal as his wife, despite her previous marriage to David, may indicate his loyalty to Saul or his own political aspirations.<p><b>who was from Gallim</b><br>Gallim is a location mentioned in the Bible, though its exact site is not definitively known today. It is referenced in <a href="/isaiah/10-30.htm">Isaiah 10:30</a>, suggesting it was a place of some significance. The mention of Gallim provides a geographical context, indicating that Palti was from a specific region, which may have had its own political or social implications in the narrative.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul</a></b><br>The first king of Israel, who became increasingly hostile towards David, fearing his rise to power.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/michal.htm">Michal</a></b><br>Daughter of Saul and first wife of David, initially given to David as a reward for his victory over Goliath.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Anointed by God to be the future king of Israel, known for his faithfulness and heart after God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/palti_son_of_laish.htm">Palti son of Laish</a></b><br>The man to whom Saul gave Michal, effectively nullifying her marriage to David.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/gallim.htm">Gallim</a></b><br>A location in the territory of Benjamin, associated with Palti.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_marriage.htm">The Sanctity of Marriage</a></b><br>Marriage is a covenant before God, and human interference should not break it. Saul's actions serve as a cautionary tale against using marriage for political gain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Saul's disregard for God's anointed (David) and the sanctity of marriage reflects his broader pattern of disobedience, leading to his downfall.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_relationships.htm">God's Sovereignty in Relationships</a></b><br>Despite human manipulation, God's purposes prevail. David's eventual restoration of Michal illustrates God's sovereignty in restoring rightful relationships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Faithfulness</a></b><br>David's insistence on Michal's return demonstrates his commitment to faithfulness and integrity, qualities that God honors.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_god's_timing.htm">Trusting God's Timing</a></b><br>David's patience in waiting for God's timing to restore his marriage to Michal encourages believers to trust in God's perfect timing in their own lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 25</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_many_wives_did_king_david_have.htm">How many wives did King David have?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_michal_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Michal in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_david_threaten_violence_here.htm">1 Samuel 25:21-22 - Why would David, future king, threaten such violence over a refusal of hospitality, seemingly contradicting biblical ethics of mercy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_michal's_view_of_david_differ_in_2_samuel.htm">In 1 Chronicles 15:29, Michal criticizes David's dance--does this episode conflict with the portrayal of Michal in 2 Samuel, creating an inconsistency in her character and motives?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(44) <span class= "bld">Michal his daughter.</span>--The marriage of the Princess Michal to Phalti (Michal, we read, "loved David," <a href="/1_samuel/18-20.htm" title="And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.">1Samuel 18:20</a>) had taken place probably some time before. This high-handed act showed on the part of Saul a fixed determination to break utterly and for ever with David. Phalti was presumably a chieftain whom Saul was desirous of attracting to his fortunes. But the story of Miehal does not end here. After King Saul's death, Abner, the uncle (or perhaps the cousin) of the late king, the well-known captain of his host, made overtures to David. David, however, only consented to a friendship with Abner if his young kins woman, the Princess Miehal, Saul's daughter, was taken away from Phalti, and restored to him as his wife. Abner, we read, complied with the condition, and Miehal was taken from Phaltiel--as he is called in the account of this transaction, contained in <a href="/2_samuel/3-13.htm" title="And he said, Well; I will make a league with you: but one thing I require of you, that is, You shall not see my face, except you first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.">2Samuel 3:13</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/3-16.htm" title="And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner to him, Go, return. And he returned.">2Samuel 3:16</a><a href="/1_samuel/25-44.htm" title="But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.">1Samuel 25:44</a> the second husband of David's wife is called Phalti, and in <a href="/2_samuel/3-15.htm" title="And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.">2Samuel 3:15</a> he is called Phaltiel. Rabbi Jochanan said his name received that extension (el=God) to indicate that <span class= "ital">God </span>had <span class= "ital">saved </span>him from transgression. (The name <span class= "ital">Phalti </span>being derived from the root <span class= "ital">palat--</span>to cause to escape, Michal and Phalti never having lived together as man and wife.)--Treatise <span class= "ital">Sanhedrin, </span>fol. 19, Colossians 2.<p>Once more the daughter of Saul appears in the sacred history. (See <a href="/context/2_samuel/6-20.htm" title="Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!">2Samuel 6:20-23</a>.) It was the greatest day in David's life--the Ark of the Covenant was being brought up with solemn pomp from its place of long exile in Kirjath-jearim to the new sacred capital of the loved king. One sad incident alone, we are told, marred the glories of the day. Michal, his wife, as Stanley thinks, in the proud, almost conservative, spirit of the older dynasty, not without a thought of her father's fallen house, looked on contemptuously as King David danced before the Ark with the priests, his royal robes thrown aside; and later in the day seems to have poured out before the king her scornful feelings. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/25-44.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But Saul</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁא֗וּל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·’ūl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7586.htm">Strong's 7586: </a> </span><span class="str2">Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had given</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתַ֛ן</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his daughter</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּתּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bit·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Michal,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיכַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(mî·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4324.htm">Strong's 4324: </a> </span><span class="str2">Michal -- wife of David</span><br /><br /><span class="word">David’s</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wife,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Palti</span><br /><span class="heb">לְפַלְטִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·p̄al·ṭî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6406.htm">Strong's 6406: </a> </span><span class="str2">Palti -- 'escape', two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">son</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶן־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇen-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Laish,</span><br /><span class="heb">לַ֖יִשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(la·yiš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3919.htm">Strong's 3919: </a> </span><span class="str2">Laish -- 'lion', a city and region in northern Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who [was]</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Gallim.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִגַּלִּֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(mig·gal·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1554.htm">Strong's 1554: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gallim -- 'heaps', a place near Jerusalem</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/25-44.htm">1 Samuel 25:44 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/25-44.htm">1 Samuel 25:44 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/25-44.htm">1 Samuel 25:44 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/25-44.htm">1 Samuel 25:44 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_samuel/25-44.htm">1 Samuel 25:44 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/25-44.htm">1 Samuel 25:44 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/25-44.htm">1 Samuel 25:44 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/25-44.htm">1 Samuel 25:44 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/25-44.htm">1 Samuel 25:44 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_samuel/25-44.htm">1 Samuel 25:44 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_samuel/25-44.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 25:44 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_samuel/25-43.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 25:43"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 25:43" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_samuel/26-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 26:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 26:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>