1 Samuel 18:17-27 And Saul said to David , Behold my elder daughter Merab , her will I give thee for a wife : only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles . For Saul said , Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

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17 H7586 And Saul H559 [H8799] said H1732 to David H1419 , Behold my elder H1323 daughter H4764 Merab H5414 [H8799] , her will I give H802 thee for a wife H1121 H2428 : only be thou valiant H3898 [H8734] for me, and fight H3068 the LORD'S H4421 battles H7586 . For Saul H559 [H8804] said H3027 , Let not my hand H3027 be upon him, but let the hand H6430 of the Philistines be upon him.

18 H1732 And David H559 [H8799] said H7586 to Saul H2416 , Who am I? and what is my life H1 , or my father's H4940 family H3478 in Israel H2860 , that I should be son in law H4428 to the king?

19 H6256 But it came to pass at the time H4764 when Merab H7586 Saul's H1323 daughter H5414 [H8800] should have been given H1732 to David H5414 [H8738] , that she was given H5741 to Adriel H4259 the Meholathite H802 for a wife.

20 H4324 And Michal H7586 Saul's H1323 daughter H157 [H8799] loved H1732 David H5046 [H8686] : and they told H7586 Saul H1697 , and the thing H3474 H5869 [H8799] pleased him.

21 H7586 And Saul H559 [H8799] said H5414 [H8799] , I will give H4170 her to him, that she may be a snare H3027 to him, and that the hand H6430 of the Philistines H7586 may be against him. Therefore Saul H559 [H8799] said H1732 to David H3117 , Thou shalt this day H2859 [H8691] be my son in law H8147 in the one of the two.

22 H7586 And Saul H6680 [H8762] commanded H5650 his servants H1696 [H8761] , saying, Speak H1732 with David H3909 secretly H559 [H8800] , and say H4428 , Behold, the king H2654 [H8804] hath delight H5650 in thee, and all his servants H157 [H8804] love H4428 thee: now therefore be the king's H2859 [H8690] son in law.

23 H7586 And Saul's H5650 servants H1696 [H8762] spoke H1697 those words H241 in the ears H1732 of David H1732 . And David H559 [H8799] said H5869 , Seemeth H7043 [H8738] it to you a light H4428 thing to be a king's H2859 [H8692] son in law H7326 [H8802] , seeing that I am a poor H376 man H7034 [H8737] , and lightly esteemed?

24 H5650 And the servants H7586 of Saul H5046 [H8686] told H559 [H8800] him, saying H1697 , On this manner H1696 [H8765] spoke H1732 David.

25 H7586 And Saul H559 [H8799] said H559 [H8799] , Thus shall ye say H1732 to David H4428 , The king H2656 desireth H4119 not any dowry H3967 , but an hundred H6190 foreskins H6430 of the Philistines H5358 [H8736] , to be avenged H4428 of the king's H341 [H8802] enemies H7586 . But Saul H2803 [H8804] thought H1732 to make David H5307 [H8687] fall H3027 by the hand H6430 of the Philistines.

26 H5650 And when his servants H5046 [H8686] told H1732 David H1697 these words H3474 H1697 H5869 [H8799] , it pleased H1732 David H4428 well to be the king's H2859 [H8692] son in law H3117 : and the days H4390 [H8804] had not expired.

27 H1732 Therefore David H6965 [H8799] arose H3212 [H8799] and went H582 , he and his men H5221 [H8686] , and slew H6430 of the Philistines H3967 two hundred H376 men H1732 ; and David H935 [H8686] brought H6190 their foreskins H4390 [H8762] , and they gave them in full number H4428 to the king H4428 , that he might be the king's H2859 [H8692] son in law H7586 . And Saul H5414 [H8799] gave H4324 him Michal H1323 his daughter H802 for a wife.