18. “Who am I?” David asked Saul. “And how important are my relatives or my father’s family in Israel that I should be the king’s son-in-law?”
19. But when the time came to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was married to Adriel from Meholah.
20. However, Saul’s daughter Michal fell in love with David. When Saul was told about it, the news pleased him.
21. Saul thought, “I’ll give her to David. She will trap him, and the Philistines will get him.” So he said to David a second time, “You will now be my son-in-law.”
22. Saul ordered his officers, “Talk to David in private. Tell him, ‘The king likes you, and all his officers are fond of you. Become the king’s son-in-law.’ ”
23. When Saul’s officers made it a point to say this, David asked, “Do you think it’s easy to become the king’s son-in-law? I am a poor and unimportant person.”
24. When the officers told Saul what David had said,