2 Samuel 3:15
13 “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”
14 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.
16 Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
17 Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So Ish-bosheth sent and took Michal from her husband Paltiel son of Laish.
- KJV
- And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
- WEB
- Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband, Paltiel the son of Laish.
- ASV
- And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish.
- DARBY
- And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from [her] husband, from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
- BLB
- [And] Ish-bosheth sent and took her from [her] husband, from Paltiel son of Laish.
- ÅB
- Da sendte Isboset bud og tok henne fra hennes mann Paltiel, sønn av La'is.
- OTB
- Så sendte Isjbosjet og tok henne fra hennes mann, fra Paltiel, sønn av Lajisj.
- B1930
- Da sendte Isboset bud og tok henne fra hennes mann Paltiel, sønn av La'is.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 25:44
But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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