¹⁶ So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were.

¹⁷ And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines.