1 Samuel 18:19
What does 1 Samuel 18:19 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 18:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000But 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
King James Version · 1611But 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And it cometh to pass, at the time of the giving of Merab daughter of Saul to David, that she hath been given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And it came to pass at the time when Merob, the daughter of Saul, should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel, the Molathite, to wife.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 14:20
But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
- Judges 7:22
And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man’s sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
- 2 Samuel 21:8
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
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