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1 Samuel 18:16-18
Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 18:16-18
Christian Standard Bible
16 But all Israel and Judah loved David(A) because he was leading their troops. 17 Saul told David, “Here is my oldest 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?”
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