Verse 17
1 Samuel 18:17
World English Bible
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Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶל דָּוִ֗ד הִנֵּה֩ בִתִּ֨/י הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֤ה מֵרַב֙ אֹתָ/הּ֙ אֶתֶּן לְ/ךָ֣ לְ/אִשָּׁ֔ה אַ֚ךְ הֱיֵה לִּ֣/י לְ/בֶן חַ֔יִל וְ/הִלָּחֵ֖ם מִלְחֲמ֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה וְ/שָׁא֣וּל אָמַ֗ר אַל תְּהִ֤י יָדִ/י֙ בּ֔/וֹ וּ/תְהִי ב֖/וֹ יַד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים
English Translation
And Saul said to David, "Behold, my daughter Merab, I will give her to you as a wife; only be a valiant man for me and fight the battles of the Lord." And Saul said, "Let my hand not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him."
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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...
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Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house.
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Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
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Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even...
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5
David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of...
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6
As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all th...
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7
The women sang to one another as they played, and said,
“Saul has slain his thousands,
and David his...
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8
Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have ascribed to David ten thous...
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9
Saul watched David from that day and forward.
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10
On the next day, an evil spirit from God (Elohim) came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the mi...
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11
and Saul threw the spear, for he said, “I will pin David even to the wall!” David escaped from his p...
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12
Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul.
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13
Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went...
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14
David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.
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15
When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
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16
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
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17
Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to you as wife. Only be valian...
18
David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should b...
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19
But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adrie...
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20
Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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21
Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philisti...
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22
Saul commanded his servants, “Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in yo...
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23
Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thi...
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24
The servants of Saul told him, saying, “David spoke like this.”
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25
Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines,...
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26
When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before...
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27
David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brou...
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28
Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him.
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29
Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.
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30
Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself m...
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