1 Samuel 18:17
Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”1 Samuel 18:17 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — 1 શમુએલ ૧૮:૧૭
- શાઉલે દાઉદને કહ્યું, “જો અહીં મારી મોટી દીકરી મેરાબ છે. તેના લગ્ન હું તારી સાથે કરાવીશ. એટલું જ કે તું મારે સારુ બળવાન થા, ઈશ્વરની લડાઈઓ લડ.” કેમ કે શાઉલે મનમાં વિચાર્યું, “મારો હાથ એના પર ન પડે, પણ પલિસ્તીઓનો હાથ એના પર ભલે પડે.”
- हिन्दी — 1 शमूएल १८:१७
- शाऊल ने यह सोचकर कि “मेरा हाथ नहीं, वरन् पलिश्तियों ही का हाथ दाऊद पर पड़े,” उससे कहा, “सुन, मैं अपनी बड़ी बेटी मेरब से तेरा विवाह कर दूँगा; इतना कर, कि तू मेरे लिये वीरता के साथ यहोवा की ओर से युद्ध कर।”
In context
15When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
16But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
17Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
18David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
19But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
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