1 Samuel 18:16-18

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ But all Israel and Judah loved David^(A) because he was leading their troops. ¹⁷ Saul told David, ‘Here is my eldest daughter Merab. I’ll give her to you as a wife^(B) if you will be a warrior for me and fight the Lord’s battles.’^(C) But Saul was thinking, ‘I don’t need to raise a hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.’^(D)

¹⁸ Then David responded, ‘Who am I,^(E) and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law? ’