1 Samuel 18:17
And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines.
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1 Samuel 18:17
And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines.
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1 Samuel 18:11
And Saul, balancing the spear in his hand, said, I will give David a blow, pinning him to the wall. And David got away from him twice.
1 Samuel 18:12
And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.
1 Samuel 18:13
So Saul sent him away, and made him a captain over a thousand; and he went about his business before the people.
1 Samuel 18:16
But David was loved by all Israel and Judah, for he went out and came in before them.
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1 Samuel 18:22
And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.
1 Samuel 18:23
And Saul's servants said these things to David. And David said, Does it seem to you a small thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, of no great name?
1 Samuel 18:24
And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.
1 Samuel 18:26
And when his servants said these words to David, he was well pleased to be the son-in-law of the king. And the days were still not past.
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