1 Samuel 18:17 DBY

¹⁵  And Saul saw that he prospered well, and he stood in awe of him.

¹⁶  But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.

¹⁷  And Saul said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. But Saul thought, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.

¹⁸  And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

¹⁹  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.