1 Samuel 18:26 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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;

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ And when his servants had told David the words that Saul had said, the word was pleasing in the eyes of David to be the king's son-in-law.

1 Samuel 18:26 Cross References

Genesis 19:12

And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city; bring them out of the place:

1 Samuel 18:21

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law a second time.