1 Samuel 18:26
Hebrew Text— 1 Samuel 18:26When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline,
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Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh, their God. Don’t you yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”
They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, “You shall today be my son-in-law a second time.”
He wrote in the letter, saying, “Send Uriah to the forefront of the hottest battle, and retreat from him, that he may be struck, and die.”
Nathan said to David, “You are the man. This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.
Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared.