1 Samuel 18:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁶ But all Israel and Judah loved David; for it was he who marched out and came in leading them.

David Marries Michal

¹⁷ Then Saul said to David, ‘Here is my elder daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife; only be valiant for me and fight the Lord’s battles.’ For Saul thought, ‘I will not raise a hand against him; let the Philistines deal with him.’ ¹⁸ David said to Saul, ‘Who am I and who are my kinsfolk, my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?’