World English Bible
1 Samuel 18:20
“Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 18
David said to 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 happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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 this day be my son-in-law a second time.
Saul commanded his servants, "Talk with David secretly, and say, 'Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
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