14. and continued to be successful in all his activities because the Lord was with him.
15. When Saul observed that David was very successful, he dreaded him.
16. But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was leading their troops.
17. Saul told David, “Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I’ll give her to you as a wife, if you will be a warrior for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “My hand doesn’t need to be against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
18. Then David responded, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law? ”
19. When it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.