1 Samuel 18:19
Good News Translation
But when the time came for Merab to be given to David, she was given instead to a man named Adriel from Meholah.

New Revised Standard Version
But at the time when Saul’s daughter Merab should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as a wife.

Contemporary English Version
But when the time came for David to marry Saul's daughter Merab, Saul told her to marry Adriel from the town of Meholah.

New American Bible
But when the time came for Saul’s daughter Merob to be given to David, she was given as wife to Adriel the Meholathite instead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass at the time when Merob, the daughter of Saul, should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel, the Molathite, to wife.

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And it came to pass at the time when Merob, the daughter of Saul, should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel, the Molathite, to wife.

Adriel

Judges 14:20 But his wife took one of his friends and bridal companions for her husband.

2 Samuel 21:8 So the king took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni, and Miphiboseth: and the five sons of Michol the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Hadriel the son of Berzellai, that was of Molathi:

Meholathite

Judges 7:22 And the three hundred men nevertheless persisted sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent the sword into all the camp, and they killed one another,

Context
David Marries Michal
18And David said to Saul: Who am I, or what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law of the king? 19And it came to pass at the time when Merob, the daughter of Saul, should have been given to David, that she was given to Hadriel, the Molathite, to wife.20But Michol, the other daughter of Saul, loved David. And it was told Saul, and it pleased him.…
Cross References
Judges 7:22
And the three hundred men nevertheless persisted sounding the trumpets. And the Lord sent the sword into all the camp, and they killed one another,

2 Samuel 21:8
So the king took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni, and Miphiboseth: and the five sons of Michol the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Hadriel the son of Berzellai, that was of Molathi:

1 Kings 19:16
And thou shalt anoint Jehu, the son of Namsi, to be king over Israel: and Eliseus, the son of Saphat, of Abelmeula, thou shalt anoint to be prophet in thy room.

1 Samuel 18:18
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