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1 Samuel 18:19

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Samuel 18:19

Verse 19 of 30

Scripture focus

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.

1 Samuel 18:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Samuel 18:19

Theological / Devotional

She was given. At first nettled by David’s refusal, Saul could not hide his growing dislike for the newly appointed captain; he gave Merab to Adriel — “my help is God,” presuming the word to be Aramaic.

The Meholathite. Abel-meholah, the birthplace of Elisha, was a town not far from Bet-shan (1 Kings 4:12; 19:16), probably east of the Jordan at Tell el Maqlub, a site formerly identified with Jabesh-gilead (see on Judges 7:22). Saul’s duplicity should have opened David’s eyes, but because he yet looked on others as being sincere like himself, he meekly submitted to Saul’s cancellation of the first marriage contract.

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