1 Samuel 18:19

1 Samuel 18:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
• New International Version (NIV)So when the time came for Merab, Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.

Context of 1 Samuel 18:19

17Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.” 18And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?” So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah. 20Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him. 21“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:19 word by word

וַיְהִ֗י בְּעֵ֥ת תֵּ֛ת אֶת־מֵרַ֥ב בַּת־שָׁא֖וּל לְדָוִ֑ד וְהִ֧יא נִתְּנָ֛ה לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל הַמְּחֹלָתִ֖י לְאִשָּֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

• So when it wasהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• to giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: give(marriage)H5414
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• Saul’sשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• Merabמֵרָבmêrâb · MerabH4764
• to Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• sheהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• in marriageאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• to Adrielעַדְרִיאֵל‛adrîy'êl · AdrielH5741
• of Meholahמְחֹלָתִיmechôlâthîy · MeholathiteH4259

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 18:19

• Judges 14:20and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
• 2 Samuel 21:8But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
• Judges 7:22And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 18:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Adriel 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).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 For a long time David was kept in continual apprehension of falling by the hand of Saul, yet he persevered in meek and respectful behaviour towards his persecutor. How uncommon is such prudence and discretion, especially under insults and provocations! Let us inquire if we imitate this part of the exemplary character before us. Are we behaving wisely in all our ways? Is there no sinful omission, no rashness of spirit, nothing wrong in our…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19So: Or But. Either David did not accept the offer, or Saul did not keep his promise.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 18:19

• Adriel
• Armies
• Character
• David
• Humility
• Instability
• Jealousy
• Malice
• Meholathite
• Merab
• Prudence

In the dictionaries

• David
• Adriel
• Ascribe
• Avoid
• Kingdom
• Michal
• Soul
• Stripling
• Tabret
• Valiant

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings