King James Version
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.(1 Samuel 18:17)
And David said unto 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?(1 Samuel 18:18)
But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.(1 Samuel 18:19)
And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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.(1 Samuel 18:21)
And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.(1 Samuel 18:22)
And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?(1 Samuel 18:23)

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1 Samuel 18:20 - Cross Reference

And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him. (1 Samuel 18:28)