1 Samuel 18:21

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Summary

And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

A snare

Jeremiah 9:8

The hand

1 Samuel 18:17

1 Samuel 19:11

This day

1 Samuel 18:26

General references

Psalm 37:12

Matthew 2:7

Bible References

A snare

And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, "How long shall this fellow thus plague us? Let the men go that they may serve the LORD their God; or else wilt thou see Egypt first destroyed?"

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness.

They also that sought after my life laid snares for me; and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long.

An enemy dissembleth with his lips, and in the mean season he imagineth mischief;

Whoso flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feet.

For among my people are found wicked persons, that privily lay snares and wait for me, to take them and destroy them.

Their tongues are like sharp arrows, to speak deceit. With their mouth they speak peaceably to their neighbour, but privily they lay wait for him.

The hand

Then said Saul to David, "Behold, my eldest daughter Merab: her I will give thee to wife; only play the man and fight the LORD's battles." For Saul thought, "Mine hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines."

Then Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him and to slay him in the morning. But Michal his wife told it him saying, "If thou save not thyself this night, tomorrow thou art a dead man."

This day

Then his servants told David these words, and it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law.

General references

The ungodly layeth wait for the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

Then Herod privily called the wise men, and diligently enquired of them the time of the star that appeared,