1 Samuel 18:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Then Saul said to David, “Here is my elder daughter Merab; I will give her to you for a wife; only be valiant for me and fight the Lord's battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:15

In the letter he wrote, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down, and die.”

2 Samuel 12:9

Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 6:16

As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

Psalm 12:2

Every one utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalm 55:21

His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

Proverbs 26:24

He who hates, dissembles with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;

Proverbs 26:25

when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;

Proverbs 26:26

though his hatred be covered with guile, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

Numbers 21:14

Wherefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord, “Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon,

Numbers 32:20

So Moses said to them, “If you will do this, if you will take up arms to go before the Lord for the war,

Numbers 32:27

but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord orders.”

Numbers 32:29

And Moses said to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, every man who is armed to battle before the Lord, will pass with you over the Jordan and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;

Deuteronomy 17:7

The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.

1 Samuel 14:49

Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the first-born was Merab, and the name of the younger Michal;

1 Samuel 17:25

And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and the man who kills him, the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.”

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant has killed both lions and bears; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.”

1 Samuel 17:47

and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord's and he will give you into our hand.”

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.”

1 Samuel 18:25

Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no marriage present except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king's enemies.’ ” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 18:27

David arose and went, along with his men, and killed two hundred of the Philistines; and David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.

1 Samuel 25:28

Pray forgive the trespass of your handmaid; for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord; and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.

1 Samuel 30:26

When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord”;