Merab, the elder daughter Saul says he will give to David, is given to Adriel as wife
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1 Samuel 18:17–19: Saul says to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles.” The text goes on, “For Saul said, ‘Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.’” David says 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?” But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she is given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife. The Korean Revised Version reads 생각하기를 (he thought) at the end of 18:17.
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- 1SA 18:17–19, engwebp
17Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
18David 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?”
19But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
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Saul (son of Kish) — Took part in — Merab, the elder daughter Saul says he will give to David, is given to Adriel as wife
Evidence: 1 Samuel 18:17–19
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David — Took part in — Merab, the elder daughter Saul says he will give to David, is given to Adriel as wife
Evidence: 1 Samuel 18:17–19
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Merab — Took part in — Merab, the elder daughter Saul says he will give to David, is given to Adriel as wife
Evidence: 1 Samuel 18:17–19
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Adriel — Took part in — Merab, the elder daughter Saul says he will give to David, is given to Adriel as wife
Evidence: 1 Samuel 18:17–19
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Current wording: 1 Samuel 18:17–19: Saul says to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles.” The text goes on, “For Saul said, ‘Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.’” David says 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?” But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she is given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife. The Korean Revised Version reads 생각하기를 (he thought) at the end of 18:17.
Cited evidence: 1SA 18:17–19, engwebp
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