Verse 17

And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)} to David{H1732}, Behold my elder{H1419} daughter{H1323} Merab{H4764}, her will I give{H5414}{(H8799)} thee to wife{H802}: only be thou valiant{H1121}{H2428} for me, and fight{H3898}{(H8734)} the LORD'S{H3068} battles{H4421}. For Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8804)}, Let not mine hand{H3027} be upon him, but let the hand{H3027} of the Philistines{H6430} be upon him.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 18:25 : 25 And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Thus shall ye say{H559}{(H8799)} to David{H1732}, The king{H4428} desireth{H2656} not any dowry{H4119}, but an hundred{H3967} foreskins{H6190} of the Philistines{H6430}, to be avenged{H5358}{(H8736)} of the king's{H4428} enemies{H341}{(H8802)}. But Saul{H7586} thought{H2803}{(H8804)} to make David{H1732} fall{H5307}{(H8687)} by the hand{H3027} of the Philistines{H6430}.
  • 1 Sam 25:28 : 28 I pray thee, forgive{H5375}{(H8798)} the trespass{H6588} of thine handmaid{H519}: for the LORD{H3068} will certainly{H6213}{(H8800)} make{H6213}{(H8799)} my lord{H113} a sure{H539}{(H8737)} house{H1004}; because my lord{H113} fighteth{H3898}{(H8737)} the battles{H4421} of the LORD{H3068}, and evil{H7451} hath not been found{H4672}{(H8735)} in thee all thy days{H3117}.
  • 1 Sam 17:25 : 25 And the men{H376} of Israel{H3478} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Have ye seen{H7200}{(H8804)} this man{H376} that is come up{H5927}{(H8802)}? surely to defy{H2778}{(H8763)} Israel{H3478} is he come up{H5927}{(H8802)}: and it shall be, that the man{H376} who killeth{H5221}{(H8686)} him, the king{H4428} will enrich{H6238}{(H8686)} him with great{H1419} riches{H6239}, and will give{H5414}{(H8799)} him his daughter{H1323}, and make{H6213}{(H8799)} his father's{H1} house{H1004} free{H2670} in Israel{H3478}.
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 And Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)}, I will give{H5414}{(H8799)} him her, that she may be a snare{H4170} to him, and that the hand{H3027} of the Philistines{H6430} may be against him. Wherefore Saul{H7586} said{H559}{(H8799)} to David{H1732}, Thou shalt this day{H3117} be my son in law{H2859}{(H8691)} in the one of the twain{H8147}.
  • 1 Sam 17:47 : 47 And all this assembly{H6951} shall know{H3045}{(H8799)} that the LORD{H3068} saveth{H3467}{(H8686)} not with sword{H2719} and spear{H2595}: for the battle{H4421} is the LORD'S{H3068}, and he will give{H5414}{(H8804)} you into our hands{H3027}.
  • 2 Sam 11:15 : 15 And he wrote{H3789}{(H8799)} in the letter{H5612}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Set{H3051}{(H8798)} ye Uriah{H223} in the forefront{H6440}{H4136} of the hottest{H2389} battle{H4421}, and retire{H7725}{(H8804)} ye from him{H310}, that he may be smitten{H5221}{(H8738)}, and die{H4191}{(H8804)}.
  • 2 Sam 12:9 : 9 Wherefore hast thou despised{H959}{(H8804)} the commandment{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} evil{H7451} in his sight{H5869}? thou hast killed{H5221}{(H8689)} Uriah{H223} the Hittite{H2850} with the sword{H2719}, and hast taken{H3947}{(H8804)} his wife{H802} to be thy wife{H802}, and hast slain{H2026}{(H8804)} him with the sword{H2719} of the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak{H1696}{(H8762)} vanity{H7723} every one{H376} with his neighbour{H7453}: with flattering{H2513} lips{H8193} and with a double{H3820} heart{H3820} do they speak{H1696}{(H8762)}.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth{H6310} were smoother{H2505}{H8804)} than butter{H4260}, but war{H7128} was in his heart{H3820}: his words{H1697} were softer{H7401}{H8804)} than oil{H8081}, yet were they drawn swords{H6609}.
  • Num 21:14 : 14 Wherefore it is said{H559}{(H8735)} in the book{H5612} of the wars{H4421} of the LORD{H3068}, What he did{H2052} in the Red sea{H5492}, and in the brooks{H5158} of Arnon{H769},
  • Num 32:20 : 20 And Moses{H4872} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, If ye will do{H6213}{(H8799)} this thing{H1697}, if ye will go armed{H2502}{(H8735)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} to war{H4421},
  • Num 32:27 : 27 But thy servants{H5650} will pass over{H5674}{(H8799)}, every man armed{H2502}{(H8803)} for war{H6635}, before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} to battle{H4421}, as my lord{H113} saith{H1696}{(H8802)}.
  • Num 32:29 : 29 And Moses{H4872} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, If the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} will pass with you over{H5674}{(H8799)} Jordan{H3383}, every man armed{H2502}{(H8803)} to battle{H4421}, before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, and the land{H776} shall be subdued{H3533}{(H8738)} before{H6440} you; then ye shall give{H5414}{(H8804)} them the land{H776} of Gilead{H1568} for a possession{H272}:
  • Deut 17:7 : 7 The hands{H3027} of the witnesses{H5707} shall be first{H7223} upon him to put him to death{H4191}{(H8687)}, and afterward{H314} the hands{H3027} of all the people{H5971}. So thou shalt put{H1197} the evil{H7451} away{H1197}{(H8765)} from among{H7130} you.