1 Samuel 18:26
Context18:26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed 1 to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired 2
1 Samuel 16:1
Context16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. 3 Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, 4 for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” 5
1 Samuel 18:27
Context18:27 when David, along with his men, went out 6 and struck down two hundred Philistine men. David brought their foreskins and presented all of them to the king so he could become the king’s son-in-law. Saul then gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.


[18:26] 1 tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”
[18:26] 2 tn Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”
[16:1] 3 tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”
[16:1] 4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
[16:1] 5 tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”