And Saul said to David, Lo! mine elder daughter Merab, I shall give her (for a) wife to thee; only be thou a strong man, and fight thou the Lord’s battles. Forsooth Saul areckoned, and said, Mine hand be not in him, but the hand of Philistines be on him, (or But Saul reckoned, and said to himself, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hands of the Philistines shall be upon him).