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1 Samuel 18:20

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Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

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1 Samuel 18:20 in other translations

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

1 Samuel 18:20 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 18:20 in context

  1. 18David 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?”
  2. 19But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
  3. 20Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
  4. 21Saul 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, “You shall today be my son-in-law a second time.”
  5. 22Saul commanded his servants, “Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.’ ”