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New Revised Standard

1 Samuel 18:19

But at the time when Saul's daughter Merab should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adriel;   Armies;   Character;   David;   Humility;   Instability;   Jealousy;   Malice;   Meholathite;   Merab;   Prudence;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Adriel;   Barzillai;   Merab;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Adriel;   Michal;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adriel;   David;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adriel;   David;   Meholathite;   Merab;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abel-Meholah;   Adriel;   Barzillai;   Marriage;   Meholathite;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Adriel ;   Meholathite ;   Merab ;   Michal ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Meholathite;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adriel;   Barzillai;   Merab;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A'dri-El;   Mehol'athite, the,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abel-Meholah;   Adriel;   Barzillai;   David;   Marriage;   Meholathite;   Merab;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Adriel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abel-Meholah;   Adriel;   Merab;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.
Hebrew Names Version
But it happened at the time when Merav, Sha'ul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to `Adri'el the Mecholati as wife.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
But at the time Saul's daughter Merab was to be given to David, she was given instead to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
English Standard Version
But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.
New Century Version
So, when the time came for Saul's daughter Merab to marry David, Saul gave her instead to Adriel of Meholah.
New English Translation
When the time came for Merab, Saul's daughter, to be given to David, she instead was given in marriage to Adriel, who was from Meholah.
Amplified Bible
But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was [instead] given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.
New American Standard Bible
So it came about at the time that Merab, Saul's daughter, was to be given to David, that she was given instead to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Howbeit when Merab Sauls daughter should haue bene giuen to Dauid, she was giuen vnto Adriel a Meholathite to wife.
Legacy Standard Bible
So it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.
Contemporary English Version
But when the time came for David to marry Saul's daughter Merab, Saul told her to marry Adriel from the town of Meholah.
Complete Jewish Bible
However, when it was time for Merav Sha'ul's daughter to be given to David, she was given to Adri'el the Mecholati as his wife.
Darby Translation
And 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
So when the time came for David to marry Saul's daughter, Saul let her marry Adriel from Meholah.
George Lamsa Translation
But it came to pass at the time when Nadab, Sauls daughter should have been given to David, she was given to Azriel the Meholathite to wife.
Good News Translation
But when the time came for Merab to be given to David, she was given instead to a man named Adriel from Meholah.
Literal Translation
And it happened at the time Saul was to give his daughter Merab to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But whan the tyme came, that Merob ye doughter of Saul shulde haue bene geue vnto Dauid, she was geuen vnto Adriel ye Meholathite to wyfe.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howbeit, when the time was come that Merob Sauls daughter shoulde haue ben geuen to Dauid, she was geue vnto Adriel a Meholathite, to wife.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
But it came to passe at the time when Merab Sauls daughter should haue beene giuen to Dauid, that shee was giuen vnto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
So when it was time to give Saul's daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the tyme `was maad whanne Merob, the douyter of Saul, `ouyte to be youun to Dauid, sche was youun wijf to Hadriel Molatite.
Young's Literal Translation
And 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.
Update Bible Version
But 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.
Webster's Bible Translation
But 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 to wife.
World English Bible
But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
New King James Version
But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.
New Living Translation
So when the time came for Saul to give his daughter Merab in marriage to David, he gave her instead to Adriel, a man from Meholah.
New Life Bible
But at the time when Saul's daughter Merab should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But it came to pass, within the time for giving Merab daughter of Saul to David, that, she, was given to Adriel the Meholathite, to wife.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And 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.
Revised Standard Version
But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to A'driel the Meho'lathite for a wife.
THE MESSAGE
The wedding day was set, but as the time neared for Merab and David to be married, Saul reneged and married his daughter off to Adriel the Meholathite.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So it came about at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.

Contextual Overview

12 Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. 13 So Saul removed him from his presence, and made him a commander of a thousand; and David marched out and came in, leading the army. 14 David had success in all his undertakings; for the Lord was with him. 15 When Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in awe of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for it was he who marched out and came in leading them. 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?" 19 But at the time when Saul's daughter Merab should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife. 20 Now Saul's daughter Michal loved David. Saul was told, and the thing pleased him. 21 Saul thought, "Let me give her to him that she may be a snare for him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." Therefore Saul said to David a second time, "You shall now be my son-in-law."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Adriel: Judges 14:20, 2 Samuel 21:8

Meholathite: Judges 7:22

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the ground.
Genesis 18:4
Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
Genesis 18:5
Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said."
Genesis 18:6
And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Make ready quickly three measures of choice flour, knead it, and make cakes."
Genesis 18:7
Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it.
Genesis 18:9
They said to him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" And he said, "There, in the tent."
Genesis 18:10
Then one said, "I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him.
Genesis 18:19
No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him."
Genesis 18:20
Then the Lord said, "How great is the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah and how very grave their sin!
Genesis 18:21
I must go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me; and if not, I will know."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But it came to pass, at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter,

should have been given to David,.... Either when the giving of her to him was talked of, or when the time fixed for her marriage was come:

that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to wife: Saul either having in reality never designed she should be given to David, only proposed it to please the people, or to affront David, and expose him to shame and confusion by the step he meant to take, or however he soon changed his mind; though Abarbinel's notion is, that the young lady had disposed of herself to this person without her father's knowledge, which seems not likely; the person she was given to was the son of Barzillai the Meholathite, 2 Samuel 21:8; and some have observed, as the curse of God on this match, that all her sons were delivered to the Gibeonites, and hanged up, as related in the same place; for though these sons are said to be brought up by Michal, they were bore by Merab to him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Adriel the Meholathite - The five sons of this marriage perished by the hands of the Gibeonites (marginal reference), where we learn further that the name of Adriel’s father, or ancestor, was Barzillai. His birth-place was Meholah, probably the same as Abel-Meholah. (See 1 Kings 19:16 note).


 
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