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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_he/it_said Shāʼūl to Dāvid here daughter_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_my in/on/over_him/it and_be in_him/it the_hand of_[the]_Fəlishəttiy.
18and_he/it_said Dāvid to Shāʼūl who [am]_I and_what family_my the_clan father’s_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 gave DOM Mērāⱱ the_daughter of_Shāʼūl to_Dāvid and_she she_was_given to_ˊAdrīʼēl the_Məḩolātī to/for_(a)_woman.
20And_loved Mīkāl the_daughter of_Shāʼūl DOM Dāvid and_told to_Shāʼūl and_he_was_pleasing the_thing in/on/at/with_eyes_of_him.
21And_he/it_said Shāʼūl give_her for_him/it and_be to_him/it as_snare and_be in_him/it the_hand of_[the]_Fəlishəttiy and_he/it_said Shāʼūl to Dāvid in/on/at/with_second you_will_be_a_son-in-law in/on/at/with_me the_day.
22And_he/it_commanded Shāʼūl DOM servants_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_his love_you and_now be_son-in-law in/on/at/with_king’s.
23And_they_spoke the_servants of_Shāʼūl in/on/at/with_privately of_Dāvid DOM the_words the_these and_he/it_said Dāvid the_seem_alittle_thing in/on/at/with_sight_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_told the_servants of_Shāʼūl to_him/it to_say according_to_the_words the_these he_spoke Dāvid.
25and_he/it_said Shāʼūl 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_Fəlishəttiy to_take_revenge in/on/at/with_enemies the_king and_Shāʼūl he_planned to_fall DOM Dāvid in/on/at/with_hand of_[the]_Fəlishəttiy.
26And_told servants_his to_Dāvid DOM the_words the_these and_he_was_pleasing the_matter in/on_both_eyes_of of_Dāvid to_become_son-in-law in/on/at/with_king’s and_not they_were_completed the_days.
27And_he/it_rose_up Dāvid and_he/it_went he and_men_his and_killed in/on/at/with_Fəlishəttiy two_hundred man and_he/it_brought Dāvid DOM foreskins_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_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_he_increased Shāʼūl to_afraid from_face/in_front_of Dāvid again and_he/it_was Shāʼūl an_enemy DOM Dāvid all the_days.
30and_they_went_out the_commanders of_[the]_Fəlishəttiy and_he/it_was from_sufficiency went_out_they he_was_successful Dāvid from_all the_servants of_Shāʼūl and_esteemed his/its_name exceedingly.

18:22 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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