1 Samuel 18:21

And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling-block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20And Melchol the daughter of Saul loved David; and it was told Saul, and the thing was pleasing in his eyes.

22And Saul charged his servants, saying, Speak ye privately to David, saying, Behold, the king delights in thee, and all his servants love thee, and do thou become the king's son-in-law.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 19:11And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him, in order to slay him in the morning; and Melchol + 19:11 Gr. his wife sent to David.David's wife told him, saying, Unless thou save thy life this night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain.

Psalms 38:12Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider's web: nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.

Proverbs 26:26He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.

Jeremiah 5:26For among my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught them.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 18:13-30

David Marries Saul's Daughter; Saul's Jealousy of David. ( b. c. 1059.) 12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out… Read the whole commentary →

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