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1 Samuel 18:18-20
New English Translation
1 Samuel 18:18-20
New English Translation
18 David said to Saul, “Who am I? Who are my relatives or the clan of my father[a] in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law?” 19 When the time came for Merab, Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she instead was given in marriage to Adriel, who was from Meholah.
20 Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul about this, it[b] pleased him.
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- 1 Samuel 18:18 tn Heb “Who are my relatives, the clan of my father?” The term חַי (khay), traditionally understood as “my life,” is here a rare word meaning “family, kinfolk” (see HALOT 309 s.v. III חַי). The phrase “clan of my father” may be a scribal gloss explaining the referent of this rare word.
- 1 Samuel 18:20 tn Heb “the matter.”
1 Samuel 18:18-20
New International Version
1 Samuel 18:18-20
New International Version
18 But David said to Saul, “Who am I,(A) and what is my family or my clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?(B)” 19 So[a] when the time came for Merab,(C) Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.(D)
20 Now Saul’s daughter Michal(E) was in love with David, and when they told Saul about it, he was pleased.(F)
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- 1 Samuel 18:19 Or However,
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