1 Samuel 18:19 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 18:19

So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

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ASV

But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

KJV

But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Adriel - The son of Bar-zillai, as he is called, 2 Sam. xxi, 8. This was an act of great injustice; and accordingly this marriage was accursed by God, and the children begotten in it, were, by God's appointment cut off, 2 Sam. xxi, 8, 9.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This was as great an affront as he could possibly put upon him, and touched him both in his honour and in his love. He therefore thought David's resentment of it would break out in some indecency or other, in word or deed, which might give him an advantage against him to take him off by the course of law.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֗י	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
בְּעֵ֥ת	be.'Et	at [the] time	H6256 →
תֵּ֛ת	tet	gave	H5414 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מֵרַ֥ב	me.Rav	Merab	H4764 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
שָׁא֖וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
לְדָוִ֑ד	le.da.Vid	to David	H1732 →
וְהִ֧יא	ve.Hi'	and she	H1931 →
נִתְּנָ֛ה	ni.te.Nah	she was given	H5414 →
לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל	le.'ad.ri.'El	to Adriel	H5741 →
הַמְּחֹלָתִ֖י	ha.me.cho.la.Ti	the Meholathite	H4259 →
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃	le.'i.Shah	to a wife	H802 →

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Judges 7:22
And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the…
leads to
- 1 Kings 4:12
  Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
- Joshua 6:16
  After the seventh time around, the priests blew the horns, and Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city!
- Isaiah 9:4
  For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
- Isaiah 19:2
  “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
- Joshua 6:20
  So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into…
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Judges 14:20
and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
leads to
- Judges 15:2
  “I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take…
- John 3:29
  The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
Through
2 Samuel 21:8
But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 3:7
  Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

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Where the connections lead

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About 1 Samuel