1 Samuel 18:19

19 Or, au temps où l'on devait donner Mérab, fille de Saül, à David, elle fut donnée pour femme à Adriel Méholathite.

1 Samuel 18:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:19

But it came to pass, at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter,
should have been given to David
Either when the giving of her to him was talked of, or when the time fixed for her marriage was come:

that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to wife:
Saul either having in reality never designed she should be given to David, only proposed it to please the people, or to affront David, and expose him to shame and confusion by the step he meant to take, or however he soon changed his mind; though Abarbinel's notion is, that the young lady had disposed of herself to this person without her father's knowledge, which seems not likely; the person she was given to was the son of Barzillai the Meholathite, ( 2 Samuel 21:8 ) ; and some have observed, as the curse of God on this match, that all her sons were delivered to the Gibeonites, and hanged up, as related in the same place; for though these sons are said to be brought up by Michal, they were bore by Merab to him.

1 Samuel 18:19 In-Context

17 Et Saül dit à David: Voici, je te donnerai pour femme Mérab, ma fille aînée; sois-moi seulement un vaillant soldat, et combats dans les guerres de l'Éternel. Or Saül disait: Que ma main ne soit point sur lui, mais que la main des Philistins soit sur lui.

18 Et David répondit à Saül: Qui suis-je et quelle est ma vie, et la famille de mon père en Israël, que je sois gendre du roi?

19 Or, au temps où l'on devait donner Mérab, fille de Saül, à David, elle fut donnée pour femme à Adriel Méholathite.

20 Mais Mical, fille de Saül, aima David; et on le rapporta à Saül, et la chose lui plut.

21 Et Saül dit: Je la lui donnerai, afin qu'elle lui soit en piège, et que la main des Philistins soit sur lui. Saül dit donc à David pour la seconde fois: Tu seras mon gendre aujourd'hui.