Verse 18
1 Samuel 18:18
Darby Translation
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And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל שָׁא֗וּל מִ֤י אָֽנֹכִי֙ וּ/מִ֣י חַיַּ֔/י מִשְׁפַּ֥חַת אָבִ֖/י בְּ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי אֶהְיֶ֥ה חָתָ֖ן לַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
English Translation
And David said to Saul, "Who am I, and who is my family, that I should be the king's son-in-law?"
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Chapter 18 Context
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And it came to pass, when he had ended speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the...
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And Saul took him that day, and would not let him return to his father's house.
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And Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
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And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his dress, ev...
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And David went forth; whithersoever Saul sent him he prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war...
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And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the...
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And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And...
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And Saul was very wroth, and that saying was evil in his sight; and he said, They have ascribed to D...
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And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
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And it came to pass the next day that an evil spirit from God (Elohim) came upon Saul, and he prophe...
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And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from hi...
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And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and had departed from Saul.
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And Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in...
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And David prospered in all his ways; and Jehovah was with him.
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And Saul saw that he prospered well, and he stood in awe of him.
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But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
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And Saul said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou...
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And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I sho...
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And it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she...
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And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight.
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And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philist...
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And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, saying, Behold, the king has delight in...
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And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Is it a light thing in y...
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And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner did David speak.
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And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreski...
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And his servants told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's s...
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when David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David b...
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And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
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And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.
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And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that D...
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