Berean Standard Bible
1 Samuel 18:17-21
17Then SaulH7586 saidH559 toH413 DavidH1732, “HereH2009 is my olderH1419 daughterH1323 MerabH4764. I will give herH5414 to you in marriageH802. OnlyH389 beH1961 valiantH2428 for me and fightH3898 the LORD’sH3068 battlesH4421.” But SaulH7586 was thinkingH559, “I need not raiseH408H1961 my handH3027 against him; let the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430 beH1961 against him.”
18And DavidH1732 saidH559 toH413 SaulH7586, “WhoH4310 am IH595, and whatH4310 is my familyH2416 or my father’sH1 clanH4940 in IsraelH3478, thatH3588 I should becomeH1961 the son-in-lawH2860 of the kingH4428?” 19So when it wasH1961 timeH62561 to giveH5414 Saul’sH7586 daughterH1323 MerabH4764 to DavidH1732, sheH1931 was givenH5414 in marriageH802 to AdrielH5741 of MeholahH4259.
20Now Saul’sH7586 daughterH1323 MichalH4324 lovedH157 DavidH1732, and when this was reportedH5046 to SaulH7586, itH1697 pleasedH3474 himH5869. 21“I will give herH5414 to David,” SaulH7586 thoughtH559, “so that she may beH1961 a snareH4170 to him, and the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430 may beH1961 against him.” So SaulH7586 saidH559 toH413 DavidH1732, “For a secondH8147 time nowH3117 you can be my son-in-lawH2859.”
Notes
- 1. 1 Samuel 18:19 Or But when it was time ↩
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
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