Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Good,” said David. “I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing of you: Do not come into my presence unless you bring Michal daughter of Saul when you come to see me.” New Living Translation “All right,” David replied, “but I will not negotiate with you unless you bring back my wife Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come.” English Standard Version And he said, “Good; I will make a covenant with you. But one thing I require of you; that is, you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.” Berean Standard Bible “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.” King James Bible And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. New King James Version And David said, “Good, I will make a covenant with you. But one thing I require of you: you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.” New American Standard Bible And he said, “Good! I will make a covenant with you, only I require one thing of you, namely, that you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see me.” NASB 1995 He said, “Good! I will make a covenant with you, but I demand one thing of you, namely, you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see me.” NASB 1977 And he said, “Good! I will make a covenant with you, but I demand one thing of you, namely, you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see me.” Legacy Standard Bible And he said, “Good! I will cut a covenant with you, but I ask one thing of you, namely, you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.” Amplified Bible David said, “Good! I will make a covenant (treaty) with you, but I require one thing of you: you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see me.” Christian Standard Bible David replied, “Good, I will make a covenant with you. However, there’s one thing I require of you: You will not see my face unless you first bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.” Holman Christian Standard Bible David replied, “Good, I will make a covenant with you. However, there’s one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal here when you come to see me.” American Standard Version And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee: that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. Contemporary English Version David sent this message back: "Good! I'll make an agreement with you. But before I will even talk with you about it, you must get Saul's daughter Michal back for me." English Revised Version And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Good!" David answered. "I'll make an agreement with you. But there's one condition: You can't come to see me unless you bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come." Good News Translation "Good!" David answered. "I will make an agreement with you on one condition: you must bring Saul's daughter Michal to me when you come to see me." International Standard Version David replied, "Sounds good to me! I'll cut a deal with you under one condition: you're not to show yourself in my presence unless you bring Saul's daughter with you when you come to see me." Majority Standard Bible ?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.? NET Bible So David said, "Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul's daughter Michal when you come to visit me." New Heart English Bible He said, "Good. I will make a covenant with you, but one thing I require of you. That is, you shall not see my face unless you bring along Mikal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face." Webster's Bible Translation And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou shalt first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. World English Bible David said, “Good. I will make a treaty with you, but one thing I require of you. That is, you will not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to see my face.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd [David] says, “Good—I make a covenant with you; only, one thing I am asking of you, that is, you do not see my face, except [that] you first bring in Michal daughter of Saul in your coming in to see my face.” Young's Literal Translation And he saith, 'Good -- I make with thee a covenant; only, one thing I am asking of thee, that is, Thou dost not see my face, except thou dost first bring in Michal, daughter of Saul in thy coming into see my face.' Smith's Literal Translation And he will say, Good; I will cut out with thee a covenant: but one word I ask from thee, saying, Thou shalt not see my face if before thy bringing Michal, Saul's daughter, in thy coming to see my face. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd 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. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said: “It is best. I will make a friendship with you. But one thing I ask of you, saying: You shall not see my face before you bring Michal, the daughter of Saul. And in this way, you shall come, and see me.” New American Bible He replied, “Good, I will make a covenant with you. But one thing I require of you. You must not appear before me unless you bring back Michal, Saul’s daughter, when you come to present yourself to me.” New Revised Standard Version He said, “Good; I will make a covenant with you. But one thing I require of you: you shall never appear in my presence unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd David said, Well, I will make a covenant with you; but one thing I require of you, you shall not see my face, unless you first bring Malchel, Saul's daughter with you. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And David said: “Excellent! I covenant with you a covenant, however, one matter I ask of you. You shall not see my face unless you will bring Melkel, daughter of Shaul, with you” OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And he said: 'Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee, that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.' Brenton Septuagint Translation And David said, With a good will I will make with thee a covenant: only I demand one condition of thee, saying, Thou shalt not see my face, unless thou bring Melchol the daughter of Saul, when thou comest to see my face. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Abner Joins David…12Then Abner sent messengers in his place to say to David, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and surely my hand will be with you to bring all Israel over to you.” 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.” 14Then 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.”… Cross References 1 Samuel 18:20-27 Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him. / “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.” / Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’” ... 1 Samuel 25:44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim. 2 Samuel 6:16-23 As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart. / So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. / When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts. ... 1 Kings 3:1 Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem. 1 Kings 11:1-3 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. Genesis 29:18-30 Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.” / Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.” / So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her. ... Genesis 31:50 If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.” Judges 14:1-3 One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman. / So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.” / But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.” Judges 16:4-5 Some time later, Samson fell in love with a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. / The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.” Esther 2:17 And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti. Matthew 1:6 and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife, Matthew 19:3-9 Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” / Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? ... Mark 10:2-12 Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired. / “What did Moses command you?” He replied. / They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.” ... Luke 16:18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. John 4:16-18 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.” Treasury of Scripture 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. that is [heb] saying Genesis 43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. Genesis 44:23,26 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more… except Michal 2 Samuel 3:20-23 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast… 1 Samuel 18:20-28 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him… 1 Samuel 19:11-17 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain… Jump to Previous Agreement Condition Covenant Daughter David Demand Except Face First Good League Michal Namely Presence Require Saul Saul's UnlessJump to Next Agreement Condition Covenant Daughter David Demand Except Face First Good League Michal Namely Presence Require Saul Saul's Unless2 Samuel 3 1. During the war David becomes stronger2. Six sons are born to him in Hebron 6. Abner, displeased with Ishbosheth 7. revolts to David 13. David requires as a condition to bring him his wife Michal 17. Abner confers with the Israelites, feasted by David, and dismissed 22. Joab returning from battle, is displeased with the king, and kills Abner 28. David curses Joab 31. and mourns for Abner “Good,” replied David, David's response indicates his approval and willingness to engage in negotiations. This reflects his strategic mindset and political acumen. David, anointed by God as king, often sought to unify the kingdom under his rule, and this agreement would further that goal. His response also shows his readiness to reconcile and build alliances, a common practice among ancient Near Eastern kings to strengthen their reign. “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.” Persons / Places / Events 1. DavidThe anointed king of Israel, who is in the process of consolidating his rule over the nation. He is a central figure in the account, known for his heart after God and his complex personal life. 2. Abner The commander of Saul's army who seeks to make a covenant with David to bring the kingdom of Israel under David's rule. His actions are pivotal in the transition of power from the house of Saul to David. 3. Michal Saul’s daughter and David’s first wife, whom Saul had given to another man. Her return to David is a condition for the covenant, symbolizing the restoration of David's rightful place and honor. 4. Saul The first king of Israel and father of Michal. Though deceased at this point in the account, his legacy and family continue to influence the political landscape. 5. Hebron The city where David is reigning as king over Judah and where these negotiations take place. It is significant as a place of refuge and a center of David's early reign. Teaching Points The Importance of CovenantsDavid's insistence on a covenant with Abner highlights the biblical theme of covenants as binding agreements that reflect God's faithfulness and the seriousness of commitments. Restoration and Justice David's demand for Michal's return is not merely personal but a matter of justice and restoration of what was rightfully his, reflecting God's desire for justice and restoration in our lives. God's Sovereignty in Political Affairs The unfolding events demonstrate God's hand in the political transitions of Israel, reminding believers of His sovereignty over nations and leaders. The Role of Forgiveness and Reconciliation David's willingness to negotiate with Abner, despite past hostilities, underscores the importance of forgiveness and reconciliation in achieving God's purposes. The Complexity of Human Relationships The account illustrates the complexity of human relationships and the need for wisdom and discernment in navigating them according to God's will.(13) Except thou first bring Michal.--David consents to negotiate with Abner only on condition of the previous restoration of his lawful wife. Besides the justice of this demand (Michal having been wrongfully taken from him by Saul), and besides all question of affection towards one who had loved him and saved his life (1Samuel 18:20; 1Samuel 19:11-17), there were political reasons of importance for the demand. The demand itself showed to all Israel that he bore no malice against the house of Saul, and the restoration would again constitute him Saul's son-in-law, and thus further his claims to the throne; while it also showed publicly that he was in a condition to enforce his rights as against the house of Saul.Verse 13. - Except thou first bring Michal. Besides David's affection for Michal, there were political reasons for demanding her restoration. Saul's despotic act in giving her in marriage to another man (1 Samuel 25:44) had been a public disavowal of David as the son-in-law of the royal house, and equivalent to a proclamation of outlawry. David's rights were all declared null by such an act. But now Ishbosheth must with equal publicity reverse his father's deed, and restore to David his lost position. It must have been a most painful humiliation to him to be driven thus to cancel his father's decree, and declare thereby to all Israel that he was unable to refuse hie assent to whatever his rival demanded. And for this reason David sent his messengers directly to Ishbosheth, because the importance of Michal's surrender to him lay in its being a public act of the state. For Michal, in 2 Samuel 21:8, we ought to read Merab (see note there). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew “Good,”ט֔וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good replied David, וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “I אֲנִ֕י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I will make אֶכְרֹ֥ת (’eḵ·rōṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant a covenant בְּרִ֑ית (bə·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1285: A covenant with you. אִתְּךָ֖ (’it·tə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among But אַ֣ךְ (’aḵ) Adverb Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely there is one אֶחָ֡ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first thing דָּבָ֣ר (dā·ḇār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause I אָנֹכִי֩ (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I require שֹׁאֵ֨ל (šō·’êl) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand of you: מֵאִתְּךָ֤ (mê·’it·tə·ḵā) Preposition-m | second person masculine singular Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among Do not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no appear תִרְאֶ֣ה (ṯir·’eh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see before me פָּנַ֔י (pā·nay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6440: The face unless אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you bring הֱבִיאֲךָ֗ (hĕ·ḇî·’ă·ḵā) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go Saul’s שָׁא֔וּל (šā·’ūl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites daughter בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1323: A daughter Michal מִיכַ֣ל (mî·ḵal) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4324: Michal -- wife of David when you come בְּבֹאֲךָ֖ (bə·ḇō·’ă·ḵā) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go to see me.” לִרְא֥וֹת (lir·’ō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7200: To see Links 2 Samuel 3:13 NIV2 Samuel 3:13 NLT 2 Samuel 3:13 ESV 2 Samuel 3:13 NASB 2 Samuel 3:13 KJV 2 Samuel 3:13 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 3:13 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 3:13 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 3:13 French Bible 2 Samuel 3:13 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 3:13 He said Well (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |
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