Cross references

1 Samuel 18:17

Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

1 Samuel 18:17 BSB

1 Samuel 18:17 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 17:25 (5 votes) and 1 Samuel 18:25 (5 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Genesis 29 to Proverbs 26.

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Which verses does 1 Samuel 18:17 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”

  2. Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

  3. Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.

  4. “I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

  5. And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”

  6. Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Wars of the LORD: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,

  7. Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,

  8. But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”

  9. And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

  10. The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.

  11. Psalm 12:22 votes
  12. His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

Which verses point to 1 Samuel 18:17?

The 10 strongest of 16.