◄ 1 Samuel 18:23 ►
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Good News Translation
So they told this to David, and he answered, "It's a great honor to become the king's son-in-law, too great for someone poor and insignificant like me."

New Revised Standard Version
So Saul’s servants reported these words to David in private. And David said, “Does it seem to you a little thing to become the king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man and of no repute?”

New American Bible
But when Saul’s servants mentioned this to David, he said: “Is becoming the king’s son-in-law a trivial matter in your eyes? I am poor and insignificant.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ear of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ear of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.

a light

1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called and should be the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth not us, because it knew not him.

a poor man

1 Samuel 9:21 And Saul answering, said: Am not I a son of Jemini of the least tribe of Israel, and my kindred the last among all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then hast thou spoken this word to me?

Proverbs 14:20 The poor man shall be hateful even to his own neighbour: but the friends of the rich are many.

Proverbs 19:6,7 Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of him that giveth gifts. . . .

Ecclesiastes 9:15,16 Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man. . . .

and lightly

Psalm 119:141 I am very young and despised; but I forget not thy justifications.

Context
David Marries Michal
…22And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: Behold, thou pleasest the king, and all his servants love thee. Now, therefore be the king's son in law. 23And the servants of Saul spoke all these words in the ear of David. And David said: Doth it seem to you a small matter to be the king's son in law? But I am a poor man, and of small ability.24And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such words as these hath David spoken.…
Cross References
Genesis 29:20
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.

Genesis 34:12
Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.

1 Samuel 18:18
And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?

1 Samuel 18:22
And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately, saying: Behold, thou pleasest the king, and all his servants love thee. Now, therefore be the king's son in law.

1 Samuel 18:24
And the servants of Saul told him, saying: Such words as these hath David spoken.

1 Samuel 18:22
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