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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 18 contains 30 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.