Verse 18

1 Samuel 18:18

World Messianic Bible

18 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

1 When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jon... Focus ↗

2 Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house. Focus ↗

3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. Focus ↗

4 Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even... Focus ↗

5 David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of... Focus ↗

6 As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all th... Focus ↗

7 The women sang to one another as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his... Focus ↗

8 Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thous... Focus ↗

9 Saul watched David from that day and forward. Focus ↗

10 On the next day, an evil spirit from God (Elohim) came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the mi... Focus ↗

11 and Saul threw the spear, for he said, “I will pin David even to the wall!” David escaped from his p... Focus ↗

12 Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul. Focus ↗

13 Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went... Focus ↗

14 David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him. Focus ↗

15 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him. Focus ↗

16 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them. Focus ↗

17 Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to you as wife. Only be valian... Focus ↗

18 David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should b...

19 But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adrie... Focus ↗

20 Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. Focus ↗

21 Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philisti... Focus ↗

22 Saul commanded his servants, “Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in yo... Focus ↗

23 Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thi... Focus ↗

24 The servants of Saul told him, saying, “David spoke like this.” Focus ↗

25 Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines,... Focus ↗

26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before... Focus ↗

27 David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brou... Focus ↗

28 Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him. Focus ↗

29 Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually. Focus ↗

30 Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself m... Focus ↗

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