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1 Samuel 18:19 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 18 · verse 19 · King James Version
But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.1 Samuel 18:19 · King James Version
1 Samuel 18:19 in context
17And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
18And David said unto 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 it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
20And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
Key words (Strong's)
- MeholathiteMᵉchôlâthîya Mecholathite or inhabitant of Abel-MecholahH4259 →
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- Saul'sShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesH7586 →
- AdrielʻAdrîyʼêlAdriel, an IsraeliteH5741 →
- MerabMêrâbMerab, a daughter of SaulH4764 →
- givennâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
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