"And David said unto Saul, Who {am} I? and what {is} my life, {or} my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in …" — 1 Samuel 18:18

1 Samuel 18:18 · KJV

“And David said unto Saul, Who {am} I? and what {is} my life, {or} my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?”

— 1 Samuel 18:18

Verse 17

And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. {valiant: Heb. a son of valour}

Verse 19

But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

1 Samuel 18 — Context

But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

And David said unto Saul, Who {am} I? and what {is} my life, {or} my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?

But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. {pleased him: Heb. was right in his eyes}

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:18

Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who {am} I, O Lord GOD? and what {is} my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

1 Samuel 9:21

And Saul answered and said, {Am} not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me? {so...: Heb. according to this word}

1 Samuel 18:23

And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you {a} light {thing} to be a king's son in law, seeing that I {am} a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

Exodus 3:11

And Moses said unto God, Who {am} I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

Ruth 2:10

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I {am} a stranger?

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the LORD {is} the instruction of wisdom; and before honour {is} humility.

Jeremiah 1:6

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I {am} a child.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour {is} humility.

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