1 Samuel 18:17 meaning and explanation
Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
1 Samuel 18:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Saul speaks to David after the young man has won victories and the women have sung his praise. Saul offers his older daughter Merab in marriage, asking only that David fight the LORD's battles.
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