1 Samuel 18:21

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘I’ll give her to him,’ Saul thought. ‘She’ll be a trap for him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.’  So Saul said to David a second time, ‘You can now be my son-in-law.’

Cross References

1 Samuel 18:17

Saul told David, ‘Here is my eldest daughter Merab. I’ll give her to you as a wife  if you will be a warrior for me and fight the Lord’s battles.’  But Saul was thinking, ‘I don’t need to raise a hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.’

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are deadly arrows – they speak deception. With his mouth one speaks peaceably with his friend, but inwardly he sets up an ambush.

1 Samuel 18:26

When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

Exodus 10:7

Pharaoh’s officials asked him, ‘How long must this man be a snare  to us? Let the men go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Don’t you realise yet that Egypt is devastated? ’

Jeremiah 5:26

for wicked men live among my people. They watch like hunters  lying in wait.  , They set a trap; they catch men.

Proverbs 29:5

A person who flatters his neighbour spreads a net for his feet.

1 Samuel 18:22

Saul then ordered his servants, ‘Speak to David in private and tell him, “Look, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Therefore, you should become the king’s son-in-law.” ’