1 Samuel 18
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1 Samuel 18:17-21

17Then SaulH7586 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “1HereH2009 is my olderH1419 daughterH1323 MerabH4764; I will giveH5414 her to you as a wifeH802, onlyH389 be a valiantH2428 manH1121 for me and fightH3898 2the Lord’sH3068 battlesH4421.” For SaulH7586 thoughtH559, “My handH3027 shall not be against him, but 3let the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430 be against him.” 18But DavidH1732 saidH559 to SaulH7586, “4WhoH4310 am I, and whatH4310 is my lifeH2416 or my father’sH1 familyH4940 in IsraelH3478, that I should be the king’sH4428 son-in-lawH2860?” 19So it cameH1961 about at the timeH6256 when MerabH4764, Saul’sH7586 daughterH1323, should have been givenH5414 to DavidH1732, that she was givenH5414 to 5AdrielH5741 6the MeholathiteH4259 for a wifeH802.

20Now 7MichalH4324, Saul’sH7586 daughterH1323, lovedH157 DavidH1732. When they toldH5046 SaulH7586, the thingH1697 was agreeableH3474 8to him. 21SaulH7586 thoughtH559, “I will giveH5414 her to him that she may becomeH1961 a snareH4170 to him, and 9that the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430 may be against him.” Therefore SaulH7586 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “10For a secondH8147 timeH8147 you may be my son-in-lawH2859 todayH3117.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 18:17 1 Sam 17:25 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 18:17 Num 21:14; 1 Sam 17:36, 47; 25:28 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 18:17 1 Sam 18:21, 25 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 18:18 1 Sam 9:21; 18:23; 2 Sam 7:18 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 18:19 2 Sam 21:8 ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 18:19 Judg 7:22; 1 Kin 19:16 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Samuel 18:20 1 Sam 18:28 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Samuel 18:20 Lit in his sight ↩
  9. 9. 1 Samuel 18:21 1 Sam 18:17 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Samuel 18:21 1 Sam 18:26 ↩

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