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David Marries Michal

17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is (A)my elder daughter Merab. (B)I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me (C)and fight the Lord's battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be against him, (D)but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

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17 Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter(A) Merab. I will give her to you in marriage;(B) only serve me bravely and fight the battles(C) of the Lord.” For Saul said to himself,(D) “I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!”

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19 But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to (A)Adriel the (B)Meholathite for a wife.

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19 So[a] when the time came for Merab,(A) Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:19 Or However,