1 Samuel 18
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1 Samuel 18:18-23

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.”

22Then SaulH7586 orderedH6680 his servantsH5650, “SpeakH1696 toH413 DavidH1732 privatelyH3909 and tell himH559, ‘BeholdH2009, the kingH4428 is pleasedH2654 with you, and allH3605 his servantsH5650 love youH157. Now thereforeH6258, become hisH4428 son-in-lawH2859.’”

23But when Saul’sH7586 servantsH5650 relayedH1696H241 theseH428 wordsH1697 to DavidH1732, heH1732 repliedH559, “Does it seem trivialH7043 in your sightH5869 to be the son-in-lawH2859 of the kingH4428? IH595 am a poorH7326 manH376 and lightly esteemedH7034.”

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  1. 1. 1 Samuel 18:19 Or But when it was time ↩

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