1 Samuel 18:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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,

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  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 And 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.

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  • 1 Sam 18:27-30
    4 verses
    86%

    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.

    30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, when they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly esteemed.

  • 1 Sam 18:16-25
    10 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?

    19But 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.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 3:13-14
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    77%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 22:14
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    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?

  • 1 Sam 25:39-40
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    73%

    39And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept His servant from evil; for the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke with Abigail, to take her to him as a wife.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 11:27
    73%

    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 Sam 25:43-44
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    72%

    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 6:20-21
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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 today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!

    21And David said to Michal, It was before the LORD, who chose me before your father and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel; therefore will I play before the LORD.

  • 1 Sam 17:25
    72%

    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 18:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

    6And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    70%

    25Then Saul said to David, "Blessed are you, my son David. You shall do great things, and also shall still prevail." So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
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    22And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
    70%

    3And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    69%

    31When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him.

  • 1 Sam 25:35
    69%

    35So David received from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to your house; see, I have listened to your voice and respected your person.

  • 1 Sam 17:56-58
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    69%

    56The king said, Inquire whose son the young man is.

    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 24:4
    69%

    4And the men of David said to him, Behold, the day of which the LORD said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you. Then David arose and cut off the edge of Saul's robe secretly.

  • 1 Sam 19:11
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 29:3
    69%

    3Then the princes of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he defected to me until this day?

  • 1 Sam 16:21-22
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    21And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.

    22And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray you, stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.

  • 2 Sam 5:12-13
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    69%

    12And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

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

  • 2 Sam 3:36
    69%

    36And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased all the people.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
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    1Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag;

  • 1 Sam 18:1
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    1And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

  • 1 Sam 25:9
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    9And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and then they stopped.

  • 2 Sam 12:24
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    24David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her: she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

  • 1 Sam 24:16
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    16And it came to pass, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

  • 1 Sam 25:30
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    30And it shall come to pass, when the LORD has done for my lord according to all the good He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you ruler over Israel,

  • 2 Sam 6:23
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    23Therefore Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child to the day of her death.