12. Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul.
13. So Saul removed David from him and made him his commander over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
14. David acted wisely in all his ways and succeeded, and the Lord was with him.
15. When Saul saw how capable and successful David was, he stood in awe of him.
16. But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.
17. Saul said to David, My elder daughter Merab I will give you as wife; only serve me courageously and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul thought, Let not my hand, but the Philistines' hand, be upon him.
18. David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be the king's son-in-law?
19. But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
20. Now Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and it pleased him.