1 Samuel 18:17

Good News Translation

Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as your wife on condition that you serve me as a brave and loyal soldier, and fight the Lord's battles.” (Saul was thinking that in this way the Philistines would kill David, and he would not have to do it himself.)

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:15

He wrote: “Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is heaviest, then retreat and let him be killed.”

2 Samuel 12:9

Why, then, have you disobeyed my commands? Why did you do this evil thing? You had Uriah killed in battle; you let the Ammonites kill him, and then you took his wife!

2 Samuel 6:16

As the Box was being brought into the city, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and jumping around in the sacred dance, and she was disgusted with him.

Psalm 12:2

All of them lie to one another; they deceive each other with flattery.

Psalm 55:21

His words were smoother than cream, but there was hatred in his heart; his words were as soothing as oil, but they cut like sharp swords.

Proverbs 26:24

A hypocrite hides hate behind flattering words.

Proverbs 26:25

They may sound fine, but don't believe him, because his heart is filled to the brim with hate.

Proverbs 26:26

He may disguise his hatred, but everyone will see the evil things he does.

Numbers 21:14

That is why The Book of the Lord's Battles speaks of “… the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the valleys; the Arnon River,

Numbers 32:20

Moses answered, “If you really mean what you say, then here in the presence of the Lord get ready to go into battle.

Numbers 32:27

But all of us are ready to go into battle under the Lord's command. We will cross the Jordan and fight, just as you have said.”

Numbers 32:29

“If the men of Gad and Reuben cross the Jordan ready for battle at the Lord's command and if with their help you are able to conquer the land, then give them the land of Gilead as their property.

Deuteronomy 17:7

The witnesses are to throw the first stones, and then the rest of the people are to stone them; in this way you will get rid of this evil.

1 Samuel 14:49

Saul's sons were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His older daughter was named Merab, and the younger one Michal.

1 Samuel 17:25

“Look at him!” they said to each other. “Listen to his challenge! King Saul has promised to give a big reward to the man who kills him; the king will also give him his daughter to marry and will not require his father's family to pay taxes.”

1 Samuel 17:36

I have killed lions and bears, and I will do the same to this heathen Philistine, who has defied the army of the living God.

1 Samuel 17:47

and everyone here will see that the Lord does not need swords or spears to save his people. He is victorious in battle, and he will put all of you in our power.”

1 Samuel 18:21

He said to himself, “I'll give Michal to David; I will use her to trap him, and he will be killed by the Philistines.” So for the second time Saul said to David, “You will be my son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:25

and Saul ordered them to tell David: “All the king wants from you as payment for the bride are the foreskins of a hundred dead Philistines, as revenge on his enemies.” (This was how Saul planned to have David killed by the Philistines.)

1 Samuel 18:27

David and his men went and killed two hundred Philistines. He took their foreskins to the king and counted them all out to him, so that he might become his son-in-law. So Saul had to give his daughter Michal in marriage to David.

1 Samuel 25:28

Please forgive me, sir, for any wrong I have done. The Lord will make you king, and your descendants also, because you are fighting his battles; and you will not do anything evil as long as you live.

1 Samuel 30:26

When David returned to Ziklag, he sent part of the loot to his friends, the leaders of Judah, with the message, “Here is a present for you from the loot we took from the Lord's enemies.”