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1 Samuel 18:16-18
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 18:16-18
English Standard Version
16 (A)But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
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17 Then Saul said to David, “Here is (B)my elder daughter Merab. (C)I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me (D)and fight the Lord's battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be against him, (E)but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.” 18 And David said to Saul, (F)“Who am I, and who are my relatives, my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
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