1 Samuel 18:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ But all Israel and Juda loved David, for he came in and went out before them.

¹⁷ And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob, her will I give thee to wife: only be a valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.

¹⁸ And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king?