1 Samuel 18:19

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • Judg 7:22 : 22 And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
  • 2 Sam 21:8 : 8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
  • Judg 14:20 : 20 But Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

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  • 1 Sam 18:16-18
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    85%

    16But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.

    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 Jehovah's battles. For Saul said, Let not my 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?

  • 1 Sam 18:20-29
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    81%

    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 a second time.

    22And Saul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

    23And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

    24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

    25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

    26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired;

    27and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

    28And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.

    29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.

  • 1 Sam 25:42-44
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    42And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

    43David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.

    44Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

  • 2 Sam 3:13-15
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    74%

    13And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee: that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

    14And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

    15And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish.

  • 2 Sam 21:8
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    8But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

  • 1 Sam 25:40
    71%

    40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

  • 1 Sam 14:49-50
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    49Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the first-born Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:

    50and the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

  • 1 Sam 19:11-12
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    11And Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be slain.

    12So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

  • 1 Sam 19:17-18
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    70%

    17And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, so that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?

    18Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

  • 2 Chr 11:18
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    18And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, [and of] Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

  • 2 Sam 6:23
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    23And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.

  • 2 Sam 6:20
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    20Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

  • 1 Kgs 2:21
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    21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

  • 2 Sam 11:27
    68%

    27And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
    68%

    3And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.

  • 1 Sam 19:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

    15And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.

  • 1 Sam 17:57-58
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    68%

    57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

    58And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.

  • 1 Sam 27:3
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    3And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.

  • 2 Sam 3:6-7
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    67%

    6And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.

    7Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ish-bosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

  • 1 Sam 30:5
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    5And David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

  • 1 Sam 16:19
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    19Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep.

  • 1 Sam 17:25
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    25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
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    31And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

  • 1 Chr 15:29
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    29And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

  • 1 Sam 22:14
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    14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?

  • 2 Sam 6:16
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    16And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.

  • 1 Sam 16:21
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    21And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
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    5And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.