David fulfilled King Saul’s perilous demand and gained Michal as his wife, demonstrating that with God’s help he could prevail even under malicious schemes.
Scripture recounts that David rose up and went, he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife (v.27). This moment follows King Saul’s plot to demand an extreme and dangerous bride price from David, hoping it would lead to David’s downfall. Instead, the Lord’s favor on David enabled him to succeed in battle, foiling Saul’s plan. Saul, who served as Israel’s first king for forty years, had already begun to look upon David with jealousy and fear (1 Samuel 18:9, 12). By meeting the bride price, David formally joined the royal family through his marriage to Michal, Saul’s daughter.
Saul’s insecurity grew after David’s victory over Goliath (1 Samuel 17), causing the king to regard David as a threat to his throne (1 Samuel 18:9). In an effort to remove David, Saul required an extraordinary act of valor as the price for Michal’s hand in marriage. Yet David’s devotion to God, and his faith in the Lord’s power, equipped him to accomplish what was humanly daunting. The verse emphasizes that David did not act alone; he went out with his men, reminding us that he (like believers who rely on community and on God’s strength) overcame danger by divine provision as well as practical support.
Throughout the Old Testament, David foreshadows aspects of Jesus Christ, the ultimate anointed One. Just as David was called to a destiny that required both faith and courage, Jesus came as the Messiah, redeeming humanity through His obedience and sacrificial love. David’s humble reliance on the Lord against all odds points forward to Jesus’ humble life and victory over sin and death, securing God’s promise to His people (Hebrews 2:14-15).
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1 Samuel 18:27 meaning
Scripture recounts that David rose up and went, he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife (v.27). This moment follows King Saul’s plot to demand an extreme and dangerous bride price from David, hoping it would lead to David’s downfall. Instead, the Lord’s favor on David enabled him to succeed in battle, foiling Saul’s plan. Saul, who served as Israel’s first king for forty years, had already begun to look upon David with jealousy and fear (1 Samuel 18:9, 12). By meeting the bride price, David formally joined the royal family through his marriage to Michal, Saul’s daughter.
Saul’s insecurity grew after David’s victory over Goliath (1 Samuel 17), causing the king to regard David as a threat to his throne (1 Samuel 18:9). In an effort to remove David, Saul required an extraordinary act of valor as the price for Michal’s hand in marriage. Yet David’s devotion to God, and his faith in the Lord’s power, equipped him to accomplish what was humanly daunting. The verse emphasizes that David did not act alone; he went out with his men, reminding us that he (like believers who rely on community and on God’s strength) overcame danger by divine provision as well as practical support.
Throughout the Old Testament, David foreshadows aspects of Jesus Christ, the ultimate anointed One. Just as David was called to a destiny that required both faith and courage, Jesus came as the Messiah, redeeming humanity through His obedience and sacrificial love. David’s humble reliance on the Lord against all odds points forward to Jesus’ humble life and victory over sin and death, securing God’s promise to His people (Hebrews 2:14-15).