24 Then Saul’s servants reported to him, saying, “[a]These are the words David spoke.” 25 Saul then said, “This is what you shall say to David: ‘The king does not desire any (A)dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, (B)to take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’” But (C)Saul plotted to have David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 When his servants told David these words, [b]it pleased David to become the king’s son-in-law. So [c](D)before the time had expired,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:24 Lit According to these words David
  2. 1 Samuel 18:26 Lit the thing was pleasing in the sight of
  3. 1 Samuel 18:26 Lit the days were not fulfilled, and

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