17 ¶ Then Saul said to David, Behold mine eldest daughter Merab, her I will give thee to wife: only be a valiant son unto me, and [a]fight the Lord’s battles: for Saul thought, Mine hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.

18 And David answered Saul, What am I? and what is my life, or the family of my father in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the King?

19 Howbeit when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, [b]she was given unto Adriel a Meholathite to wife.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:17 Fight against them that war against God’s people.
  2. 1 Samuel 18:19 By whom he had five sons which David put to death at the request of the Gibeonites, 2 Sam. 21:8.

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