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1 Samuel 18:1
英文原文
Was knit with the soul of David - The same forcible phrase occurs of Jacob's love for Benjamin (marginal reference). Jonathan's truly heroic character is shown in this generous love of David, and admiration of his great deed.
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1 Samuel 18:6
「非利士人」——當依邊註的讀法。這裏所指並非歌利亞，而是 1 Samuel 18:5 所述遠征中的一次。
「唱歌跳舞」——婦女們常和着鈴鼓起舞，且邊舞邊奏邊唱。
「（樂器）」——該詞意指一種形如三角的樂器，或有三根弦的樂器。
英文原文
The Philistine - Rather as in the margin. The allusion is not to Goliath, but to one of the expeditions referred to in 1 Samuel 18:5.
Singing and dancing - Women used to dance to the sound of the timbrel, and to sing as they danced and played.
(instruments of music The word means, an instrument like the triangle, or with three cords.
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1 Samuel 18:7
「她們跳舞唱和」——或作隨着歌唱與器樂起舞（見 Judges 16:25 註釋）。
英文原文
As they played - Or danced with vocal and instrumental music (see Judges 16:25 note).
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1 Samuel 18:8
「他還能得甚麼呢」——更當譯作：「留給他的只有國位了。」同樣的心情，可比較 1 Kings 2:22。「王國容不下同伴，君王的尊嚴對所受的凌辱記掛尤深」（卡姆登語）。
英文原文
What can he have ... - Rather, "There is only the kingdom left for him." Compare for the same sentiment, 1 Kings 2:22. "A kingdom (says Camden) brooketh no companion, and majesty more heavily taketh injuries to heart."
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1 Samuel 18:10
「他預言了」——作為惡魔臨到他身上的效果，這在掃羅的事上誠然特殊，卻由我們在 1 Kings 22:22 所讀到的得到印證。（比較 Acts 16:16-18；Acts 19:15；1 John 4:1-3。）要把「預言了」一詞解作「胡言亂語」，以為所指的不過是純粹自然狀態的瘋狂，是不可能的。這裏的「預言」是惡魔臨到掃羅身上的直接效果，正如 1 Samuel 10:10 的「預言」是神的靈降臨在他身上的效果一樣。同時，「癲狂」與「預言」被視為彼此相近，這也確屬事實（見 Jeremiah 29:26；2 Kings 9:11）。
英文原文
He prophesied - This, as the effect of the evil spirit coming upon him, is singular as regards Saul, but is borne out by what we read in 1 Kings 22:22. (Compare Acts 16:16-18; Acts 19:15; 1 John 4:1-3). It is impossible to give the sense of "raving" to the word "prophesied," as though a merely natural state of frenzy were intended. The "prophesying" here was as directly the effect of the coming of the evil spirit upon Saul, as the "prophesying" in 1 Samuel 10:10 was the effect of the Spirit of God coming upon him. At the same time it is quite true that "madness" and "prophesyings" were considered as near akin (see Jeremiah 29:26; 2 Kings 9:11).
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1 Samuel 18:17
掃羅至今沒有履行大衛曾聽聞的那項許諾（見邊註串珠）；他把這事耽延到這牧童升上更高的地位，也不足為怪。
英文原文
Saul had not hitherto fulfilled the promise of which David had heard (marginal reference); nor was it unnatural that Saul should delay to do so, until the shepherd's boy had risen to a higher rank.
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1 Samuel 18:18
「我的生命是甚麼」——即我的境況，或謀生的方式（見 Proverbs 27:27 邊註）。
英文原文
What is my life - i. e., condition, or means of living (Proverbs 27:27 margin).
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1 Samuel 18:19
「米何拉人亞得列」——這樁婚姻所生的五個兒子都喪命在基遍人手下（見邊註串珠）；我們在那裏還進一步得知，亞得列的父親（或先祖）名叫巴西萊。他的出生地是米何拉，大概就是亞伯米何拉（見 1 Kings 19:16 註釋）。
英文原文
Adriel the Meholathite - The five sons of this marriage perished by the hands of the Gibeonites (marginal reference), where we learn further that the name of Adriel's father, or ancestor, was Barzillai. His birth-place was Meholah, probably the same as Abel-Meholah. (See 1 Kings 19:16 note).
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1 Samuel 18:20
「這事使他喜悅」——這在某程度上使他免受背信的指控。
英文原文
The thing pleased him - It partly relieved him from the charge of breaking his faith.
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1 Samuel 18:21
「二女之一」——有人寧願譯作「第二次」（Job 33:14）。頭一個婚約已因把米拉給了亞得列而作廢。
英文原文
In the one of the twain - Some prefer "the second time" Job 33:14. The first contract had been broken by giving Merab to Adriel.
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1 Samuel 18:23
「貧窮卑微的人」——可比較 Psalm 119:141。他貧窮，因此付不起足夠的聘禮。見 1 Samuel 18:25。
英文原文
A poor man and lightly esteemed - Compare Psalm 119:141. Poor, and therefore unable to pay a sufficient dowry. See 1 Samuel 18:25.
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1 Samuel 18:25
「一百陽皮」——這不過是另一種表達，反映出以色列人慣常稱非利士人為「未受割禮的」那種精神（1 Samuel 14:6）。
英文原文
An hundred foreskins - This is merely another expression of the spirit which led to the constant application of the epithet uncircumcised to the Philistines 1 Samuel 14:6.
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1 Samuel 18:26
「日期還沒有到」——大衛攻擊非利士人極為迅速，得以在限期之內帶來所要求的聘禮，並在應得米拉的期限未滿以先，就娶了他的妻子米甲。
英文原文
The days were not expired - David was so rapid in his attack upon the Philistines that he was able to bring the required dowry within the time, and to receive his wife (Michal), before the time had expired within which he was to receive Merab.
「與大衛的心深相契合」——雅各對便雅憫的愛也用了同樣有力的措辭（見邊註串珠）。約拿單真正英豪的品格，正顯明在他對大衛這份慷慨的愛、以及對他偉大事蹟的欽佩上。