1 Samuel 18:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.

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  • Judg 7:22 : 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the whole army, and the army fled to Beth Shittah in Zererath, 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 bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for 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
    3 verses
    85%

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

    17And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you as your wife: only be 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.

    18And David said to 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
    10 verses
    81%

    20And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

    21And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, Today you shall be my son-in-law in one of the two.

    22And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Speak with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

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

    24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, This is what David spoke.

    25And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires no dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But 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 before the days had expired,

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

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

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

  • 1 Sam 25:42-44
    3 verses
    76%

    42And Abigail hurried and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five maids accompanying her; so she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.

    43David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and so both of them were his wives.

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

  • 2 Sam 3:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13And he said, Well; I will make a league with you. But one thing I require of you, and that is, You shall not see my face, except you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.

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

    15And Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband, from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

  • 2 Sam 21:8
    73%

    8But the king took the two sons of Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel, the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

  • 1 Sam 25:40
    71%

    40And when the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David sent us to you, to take you to him as a wife.

  • 1 Sam 14:49-50
    2 verses
    71%

    49The sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn was Merab, and the name of the younger was Michal.

    50The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

  • 1 Sam 19:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning; and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed.

    12So Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled, and escaped.

  • 1 Sam 19:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me so, and sent away my enemy, so that he has escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you?

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

  • 2 Chr 11:18
    70%

    18And Rehoboam took Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David as a wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.

  • 2 Sam 6:23
    70%

    23Therefore Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child to the day of her death.

  • 2 Sam 6:20
    70%

    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 today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!

  • 1 Kgs 2:21
    69%

    21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.

  • 2 Sam 11:27
    68%

    27And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
    68%

    3And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered 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 again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.

  • 1 Sam 17:57-58
    2 verses
    68%

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

    58Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

  • 1 Sam 27:3
    68%

    3And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite, and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal's wife.

  • 2 Sam 3:6-7
    2 verses
    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 for the house of Saul.

    7And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?

  • 1 Sam 30:5
    67%

    5And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

  • 1 Sam 16:19
    67%

    19Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.

  • 1 Sam 17:25
    67%

    25The men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. The king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches, will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    67%

    31When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated 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 the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out at a window, saw King David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

  • 1 Sam 22:14
    67%

    14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?

  • 2 Sam 6:16
    66%

    16And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

  • 1 Sam 16:21
    66%

    21And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
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    13And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.

  • 1 Sam 18:5
    66%

    5And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.