David Marries Michal

¹⁷ Then Saul said to David, “Here is ^(A)my elder daughter Merab. ^(B)I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me ^(C)and fight the Lord's battles.” For Saul thought, “Let not my hand be against him, ^(D)but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

¹⁹ But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to ^(A)Adriel the ^(B)Meholathite for a wife.