◄ 1 Samuel 18:20 ►
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Good News Translation
Saul's daughter Michal, however, fell in love with David, and when Saul heard of this, he was pleased.

New Revised Standard Version
Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David. Saul was told, and the thing pleased him.

Contemporary English Version
Saul had another daughter. Her name was Michal, and Saul found out that she was in love with David. This made Saul happy,

New American Bible
Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David. When this was reported to Saul, he was pleased.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But Michol, the other daughter of Saul, loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But Michol, the other daughter of Saul, loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.

loved David

1 Samuel 18:28 And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michol, the daughter of Saul, loved him.

Judges 16:4,15 After this he loved a woman, who dwelt in the valley of Sorec, and she was called Dalila. . . .

2 Samuel 13:1 And it came to pass after this that Ammon the son of David loved the sister of Absalom the son of David, who was very beautiful, and her name was Thamar.

1 Kings 11:1,2 And king Solomon loved many strange women, besides the daughter of Pharao, and women of Moab, and of Ammon, and of Edom, and of Sidon, and of the Hethites: . . .

Hosea 3:2 And I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a core of barley, and for half a core of barley.

Context
David Marries Michal
…19And it came to pass at the time when Merob, the daughter of Saul, should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel, the Molathite, to wife. 20But Michol, the other daughter of Saul, loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.21And Saul said: I will give her to him, that she may be a stumblingblock to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David: In two things thou shalt be my son in law this day.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:49
And the sons of Saul, were Jonathan, and Jessui, and Melchisua: and the names of his two daughters, the name of the firstborn was Merob, and the name of the younger Michol.

1 Samuel 18:28
And Saul saw, and understood that the Lord was with David. And Michol, the daughter of Saul, loved him.

2 Samuel 3:13
And he said: Very well: I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, saying: Thou shalt not see my face before thou bring Michol the daughter of Saul: and so thou shalt come, and see me.

1 Samuel 18:19
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