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David defeats the Philistines and marries Michal
Saul offered his daughter Michal to David while hoping the Philistines would kill him. David fulfilled the dangerous bride-price, married Michal, and continued to succeed, causing Saul to fear him still more (1 Samuel 18:17-30).
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📖 1 Samuel 18:17–19
17Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.” 18And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?” 19So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
Sources: Scripture — 1 Samuel 18:17-30
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