1 Samuel 18:19 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.”

1 Samuel 18:19 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Samuel 18:19 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Samuel 18:19 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.”

1 Samuel 18:19 — World English Bible

1 Samuel 18:19 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. ”

1 Samuel 18:19 — American Standard Version

1 Samuel 18:19 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And it cometh to pass, at the time of the giving of Merab daughter of Saul to David, that she hath been given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.”

1 Samuel 18:19 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 18:19 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife. ”

1 Samuel 18:19 — Darby Translation

1 Samuel 18:19 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Howbeit when Merab Sauls daughter should haue bene giuen to Dauid, she was giuen vnto Adriel a Meholathite to wife.”

1 Samuel 18:19 — Geneva Bible

1 Samuel 18:19 in Context — 1 Samuel 18

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.

18 And David said unto 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?

19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

20 And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

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What Does 1 Samuel 18:19 Mean?

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