18:18,19
David says that he was not worthy to become the king’s son-in-law. Neither he, his family nor his clan was worthy of such a thing. “So” may also be “however”. If “so” then it seems that Saul decided not to give Merab to David as his wife, or the marriage just didn’t happen. If “however”, then for some reason plans changed and Merab was married off to Adriel. Either way, David did not marry Merab.
18:20,21
Saul’s other daughter, Michal, was in love with David. Saul heard about this and was pleased to give her to David. However, his motives were far from pure. He thought she would be a snare to David, in that he could use her as enticement for David to embark on a dangerous mission and be killed by the Philistines. Saul thought he could solve his problems by getting David killed, the Jewish religious leaders thought they could solve their problems by getting Jesus killed. Both were wrong. In David’s case he wasn’t killed, in Jesus’ case He was raised from the dead!
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