¹⁷ Then Saul said to David, “^(A)Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife; only be a man of valor for me and fight ^(B)Yahweh’s battles.” For Saul thought, “My hand shall not be against him, but ^(C)let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

²⁸ Please forgive ^(A)the transgression of your maidservant; for ^(B)Yahweh will certainly make for my lord an enduring house because my lord is ^(C)fighting the battles of Yahweh, and ^(D)evil will not be found in you all your days.