1Sa 18:17 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then Saul said to David , “ Here is my older daughter Merab ; I will give her to you as a wife , only be a valiant man for me and fight the Lord’s battles .” For Saul thought , “ My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

1 Samuel 18:17

17 Then Saul said to David, ^a“Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight ^bthe Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “My hand shall not be against him, but ^clet the hand of the Philistines be against him.”