1 Samuel 18:25-27
Lexham English Bible
25 Then Saul said, “This is what you must say to David: ‘The king desires no bride price[a] except for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the enemies of the king.’” (Now Saul had planned to allow David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.) 26 So his servants told David these words, and the matter pleased David[b] to become the son-in-law of the king as the specified time had not expired.[c]
27 And David got up, and he and his men went and struck down two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they presented the full number[d] to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.
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- 1 Samuel 18:25 Literally “There is not a desire for the king for a bride price”
- 1 Samuel 18:26 Literally “was right in the eyes of David”
- 1 Samuel 18:26 Literally “the days were not full”
- 1 Samuel 18:27 Literally “they filled them up”
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