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1 Samuel 18:16-18
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16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.

17 [a] Then Saul said to David, “Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior[b] for me and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul thought, “There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”

18 David said to Saul, “Who am I? Who are my relatives or the clan of my father[c] in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:17 tc Much of the ms evidence for the LXX lacks vv. 17-19.
  2. 1 Samuel 18:17 tn Heb “son of valor.”
  3. 1 Samuel 18:18 tn Heb “Who are my relatives, the clan of my father?” The term חַי (khay), traditionally understood as “my life,” is here a rare word meaning “family, kinfolk” (see HALOT 309 s.v. III חַי). The phrase “clan of my father” may be a scribal gloss explaining the referent of this rare word.
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