1 Samuel 18:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Saul said to David, My elder daughter Merab I will give you as wife; only serve me courageously and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul thought, Let not my hand, but the Philistines' hand, be upon him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah’s battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Saul said to David, “Look, here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage on this condition: you must be my warrior and fight the LORD’s battles.” I won’t raise my hand against him, Saul thought; let the Philistines do that!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And Saul said to David: "Behold, my elder daughter, Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be a valiant man, and fight the wars of the Lord." Now Saul was considering within himself, saying, "Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And Saul said to David: Behold my elder daughter Merob: her will I give thee to wife. Only be a valiant man, and fight the battles of the Lord. Now Saul said within himself: Let not my hand be upon him; but let the hands of the Philistines be upon him.

1 Samuel 18:17 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 11:15

In the letter he wrote: Put Uriah  at the front of the fiercest fighting, then withdraw from him so that he is struck down and dies.

2 Samuel 12:9

Why then have you despised the Lord’s command by doing what I consider  evil?  You struck down Uriah  the Hethite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife #– #you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.

2 Samuel 6:16

As the ark of the Lord was entering the city of David,  Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.

Proverbs 26:24

A hateful person disguises himself with his speech and harbours deceit within.

Proverbs 26:25

When he speaks graciously, don’t believe him, for there are seven detestable things in his heart.

Proverbs 26:26

Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his evil will be revealed in the assembly.

Numbers 21:14

Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Lord’s Wars: Waheb in Suphah and the ravines of the Arnon,

Numbers 32:20

Moses replied to them, ‘If you do this #– #if you arm yourselves for battle before the Lord,

Numbers 32:27

but your servants are equipped for war before the Lord and will go across to the battle as my lord orders.’

Numbers 32:29

Moses told them, ‘If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, every man in battle formation before the Lord, and the land is subdued before you, you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

Deuteronomy 17:7

The witnesses’ hands are to be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people.  You must purge the evil from you.

1 Samuel 14:49

Saul’s sons  were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. The names of his two daughters were Merab,  his firstborn, and Michal,  the younger.

1 Samuel 17:25

Previously, an Israelite man had declared, ‘Do you see this man who keeps coming out? He comes to defy Israel. The king will make the man who kills him very rich and will give him his daughter.  The king will also make the family of that man’s father exempt from paying taxes in Israel.’

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.’

1 Samuel 17:47

and this whole assembly will know that it is not by sword or by spear that the Lord saves,  for the battle is the Lord’s.  He will hand you over to us.’

1 Samuel 18:21

‘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.’

1 Samuel 18:25

Then Saul replied, ‘Say this to David: “The king desires no other bride-price  except a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.” ’  Actually, Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 18:27

David and his men went out and killed two hundred  Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as full payment to the king to become his son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David as his wife.

1 Samuel 25:28

Please forgive your servant’s offence,  for the Lord is certain to make a lasting dynasty for my lord  because he fights the Lord’s battles.  Throughout your life, may evil  not be found in you.

1 Samuel 30:26

When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Here is a gift for you  from the plunder of the Lord’s enemies.’