1 Samuel 18:22-24

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²² Then Saul instructed his men to say confidentially to David that the king really liked him a lot, and that they all loved him and thought he should accept the king’s proposition and become his son-in-law.

²³ But David replied, “How can a poor man like me from an unknown family find enough dowry to marry the daughter of a king?”

²⁴ When Saul’s men reported this back to him,