1 Samuel 18:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁶ When his servants told David these words, David was well pleased to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the time had expired,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ And 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ When his servants told David these words, it pleased [him] well to become the king's son-in-law. Before the days expired,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And 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;

Common English Bible

²⁶ When the servants reported this to David, he was happy to become the king’s son-in-law. Even before the allotted time had expired,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ And when his servants had repeated to David the words that Saul had spoken, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David, so that he would become son-in-law of the king.

1 Samuel 18:26 Cross References

1 Samuel 18:21

Saul thought, “Let me give her to him that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, “You shall now be my son-in-law.”

Genesis 19:12

Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city—bring them out of the place.