1 Samuel 18:17-19
Legacy Standard Bible
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.” 18 But David said to Saul, “(D)Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be the king’s son-in-law?” 19 So it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to (E)Adriel (F)the Meholathite as a wife.
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1 Samuel 18:17-19
Lexham English Bible
David Marries Saul’s Daughter Michal
17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife. Only be a brave warrior[a] for me and fight the battles of Yahweh.” For Saul thought, “My hand will not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.” 18 But David said to Saul, “Who am I, and who are my relatives, the clan of my father in Israel, that I should be a son-in-law to the king?” 19 But[b] at the time Saul’s daughter Merab was to be given to David, she was given instead to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
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- 1 Samuel 18:17 Literally “a son of valor”
- 1 Samuel 18:19 Literally “And it happened”
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