1 Samuel 18:19
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.
1 Samuel 18:19 in other translations
| BSB | So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah. |
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| WEB | But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath. |
| Webster | But 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 to wife. |
What does 1 Samuel 18:19 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 18:12-30
For a long time David was kept in continual apprehension of falling by the hand of Saul, yet he persevered in meek and respectful behaviour towards his persecutor. How uncommon is such prudence and discretion, especially under insults and provocations! Let us inquire if we imitate this part of the exemplary character before us. Are we behaving wisely in all our ways? Is there no sinful omission, no rashness of…
1 Samuel 18:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Samuel 18:19
- Judges 7:22
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.
- 2 Samuel 21:8
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
- Judges 14:20
But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
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Jud 14:20; 2Sa 21:8
Meholathite.
Jud 7:22
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Context
- 1 Samuel 18:18
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?
- 1 Samuel 18:19
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.
- 1 Samuel 18:20
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
1 Samuel 18:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y venido el tiempo en que Merab, hija de Saúl, se había de dar á David, fué dada por mujer á Adriel Meholatita. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arriva qu’au moment où l’on devait donner Mérab, fille de Saül, à David, elle fut donnée pour femme à Adriel, le Meholathite. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es geschah zu der Zeit, als Merab, die Tochter Sauls, dem David gegeben werden sollte, da wurde sie Adriel, dem Meholathiter, zum Weibe gegeben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Factum est autem tempus cum deberet dari Merob filia Saul David, data est Hadrieli Molathitæ uxor. |