16. Dukan mutanen Isra'ila da na Yahuza suka ƙaunaci Dawuda, domin yana kai da kawowa a cikinsu.
17. Sai Saul ya ce wa Dawuda, “Ga Merab babbar 'yata, zan ba ka ita ka aura, idan ka yi mini aikin jaruntaka, wato ka yi yaƙin Ubangiji.” (Gama Saul yana tsammani ta wannan hanya Filistiyawa za su kashe Dawuda, ba lalle sai shi da kansa ya kashe shi ba.)
18. Dawuda, ya ce wa Saul, “Wane ni ko iyalin mahaifina a cikin Isra'ila, har da zan zama surukin sarki?”
19. Amma sa'ad da lokaci ya yi da za a ba Dawuda Merab, 'yar Saul, ya aura, sai aka aurar da ita ga Adriyel, mutumin Abel-mehola.
20. Mikal, 'yar Saul kuwa, ta ƙaunaci Dawuda, sai aka faɗa wa Saul, shi kuwa ya yarda da haka.
21. Ya yi tunani a ransa ya ce, “Zan ba shi ita don ta zamar masa sanadin da zai mutu ta hannun Filistiyawa.” Don haka sai Saul ya ce wa Dawuda a karo na biyu, “Yanzu dai za ka zama surukina.”
22. Sai Saul ya umarci fādawansa, ya ce, “Ku yi magana da Dawuda a ɓoye, ku ce masa, ‘Ga shi, sarki yana jin daɗinka, dukan fādawansa kuma suna ƙaunarka, yanzu sai ka zama surukin sarki.’ ”