13. Sha’ul therefore removed him from his presence, and made him his commander over a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people.
14. And Dawiḏ was acting wisely in all his ways, and יהוה was with him.
15. And Sha’ul saw that he was acting very wisely, and was afraid of him.
16. But all Yisra’ĕl and Yehuḏah loved Dawiḏ, as he went out and came in before them.
17. And Sha’ul said to Dawiḏ, “See my older daughter Mĕraḇ! I give her to you as a wife. Only be brave for me, and fight the battles of יהוה.” For Sha’ul thought, “Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
18. And Dawiḏ said to Sha’ul, “Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s clan in Yisra’ĕl, that I should be son-in-law to the sovereign?”
19. And it came to be at the time when Mĕraḇ, Sha’ul’s daughter, should have been given to Dawiḏ, that she was given to Aḏri’ĕl the Meḥolathite as a wife.