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1SA 18:17–18:30 ©

David wins Mikal as his wife

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18:17 David wins Mikal as his wife

17One day Sha’ul told David, “Look, here’s my oldest daughter Merab—I’ll give her to you for a wife. The only condition is that you become a powerful warrior for me and fight Yahweh’s battles.” (Sha’ul had said to himself, “I don’t need to hurt him physically—I’ll let the Philistines do that for me.” 18“Who am I,” David asked, “and who are my relatives in my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”

19However, when it was the time for Sha’ul to give his daughter Merab to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to marry.

20Now Sha’ul’s other daughter Mikal loved David, and when they told the king, he was pleased about it, 21saying to himself, “I’ll give her to him so she can become a trap for him so the Philistines could be the ones to attack him.” So he said a second time, “You’ll become a son-in-law of mine today.” 22Then Sha’ul commanded his servants, “Tell David privately, ‘Listen, the king is pleased with you, and all of us his servants love you. So now we think that you should become the king’s son-in-law.’ ”

23So they told David privately, but he responded, “Something that significant isn’t likely to happen. I’m hard up and without much honour.”

24When Sha’ul’s servants told him what David had said, 25he replied, “Pass this onto David, ‘The king doesn’t want an expensive bride price—only a hundred Philistine foreskins taken from the king’s enemies.’ ” But Sha’ul was still wanting the Philistines to be the ones to kill David. 26Now when David heard this from the servants, he decided that he could indeed marry the king’s daughter within the time period that had been given, 27so he and his men got ready and went and killed two hundred Philistine men. He brought them to the king and had them counted to fulfill the pledge, and so Sha’ul had to give his daughter Mikal to become his wife.

28But when Sha’ul realised that Yahweh was helping David, and that his daughter loved him, 29he became more afraid of David, so he remained hostile to David from then on.

30Whenever the Philistine commanders decided to attack, David was more successful than any other of Sha’ul’s commanders, so he became very famous.

17and_ Shāʼūl _he/it_said to Dāvid here daughter_of_my the_older Mērāⱱ DOM_her/it I_will_give to/for_yourself(m) to/for_(a)_woman only become to/for_me as_man_of strength and_fight the_battles_of YHWH and_Shāʼūl he_said not let_it_be hand_of_my in/on/over_him/it and_be in_him/it the_hand_of the_Fəlishtiy.
18and_ Dāvid _he/it_said to Shāʼūl who am_I and_what family_of_my the_clan_of father’s_of_my in/on/at/with_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) (cmp) I_will_be a_son-in-law to_the_king.
19And_he/it_was in/on/at/with_time_of gave DOM Mērāⱱ the_daughter_of Shāʼūl to_Dāvid and_she she_was_given to_ˊAdrīʼēl the_Məḩolātī to/for_(a)_woman.
20And_ Mīkāl _loved the_daughter_of Shāʼūl DOM Dāvid and_told to_Shāʼūl and_he_was_pleasing the_thing in/on/at/with_eyes_of_him.
21And_ Shāʼūl _he/it_said give_her for_him/it and_be to_him/it as_snare and_be in_him/it the_hand_of the_Fəlishtiy and_ Shāʼūl _he/it_said to Dāvid in/on/at/with_second you_will_be_a_son-in-law in/on/at/with_me the_day.
22And_ Shāʼūl _he/it_commanded DOM servants_of_his[fn] speak to Dāvid in/on/at/with_private to_say here he_delights in/on/at/with_you the_king and_all servants_of_his love_you and_now be_son-in-law in/on/at/with_king’s.
23And_ the_servants_of _they_spoke of_Shāʼūl in/on/at/with_privately_of Dāvid DOM the_words the_these and_ Dāvid _he/it_said the_seem_alittle_thing in/on/at/with_sight_of_your_all’s is_to_be_son-in-law in/on/at/with_king’s and_I am_a_man poor and_lightly_esteemed.
24And_ the_servants_of _told of_Shāʼūl to_him/it to_say according_to_the_words the_these Dāvid he_spoke.
25and_ Shāʼūl _he/it_said thus you_all_will_say to_Dāvid there_is_not delight to/for_the_king in/on/at/with_bride-price if/because in/on/at/with_a_hundred foreskins_of Fəlishtiy to_take_revenge in/on/at/with_enemies_of the_king and_Shāʼūl he_planned to_fall DOM Dāvid in/on/at/with_hand_of the_Fəlishtiy.
26servants_of_his And_told to_Dāvid DOM the_words the_these and_he_was_pleasing the_matter in/on_both_eyes_of Dāvid to_become_son-in-law in/on/at/with_king’s and_not they_were_completed the_days.
27And_ Dāvid _he/it_rose_up and_he/it_went he and_men_of_his and_killed in/on/at/with_Fəlishtiy two_hundred man and_ Dāvid _he/it_brought DOM foreskins_of_their and_presented_the_full_number_them to/for_the_king to_become_son-in-law in/on/at/with_king’s and_gave to_him/it Shāʼūl DOM Mīkāl daughter_of_his to/for_(a)_woman.
28and_he/it_saw Shāʼūl and_he/it_knew if/because_that YHWH was_with Dāvid and_Mīkāl the_daughter_of Shāʼūl loved_him.
29And_ Shāʼūl _he_increased to_afraid from_face/in_front_of Dāvid again and_he/it_was Shāʼūl an_enemy DOM Dāvid all_of the_days.
30and_ the_commanders_of _they_went_out the_Fəlishtiy and_he/it_was from_sufficiency went_out_they Dāvid he_was_successful from_all the_servants_of Shāʼūl his/its_name and_esteemed exceedingly.

18:22 OSHB note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.

1SA 18:17–18:30 ©

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