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1 Samuel 18
²³ When Saul’s men said these things to David, he replied, “How can a poor man from a humble family afford the bride price for the daughter of a king?”
²⁴ When Saul’s men reported this back to the king,
²⁵ he told them, “Tell David that all I want for the bride price is 100 Philistine foreskins! Vengeance on my enemies is all I really want.” But what Saul had in mind was that David would be killed in the fight.
²⁶ David was delighted to accept the offer. Before the time limit expired,
²⁷ he and his men went out and killed 200 Philistines. Then David fulfilled the king’s requirement by presenting all their foreskins to him. So Saul gave his daughter Michal to David to be his wife.
²⁸ When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and how much his daughter Michal loved him,
²⁹ Saul became even more afraid of him, and he remained David’s enemy for the rest of his life.
³⁰ Every time the commanders of the Philistines attacked, David was more successful against them than all the rest of Saul’s officers. So David’s name became very famous.
1 Samuel 19
¹ Saul now urged his servants and his son Jonathan to assassinate David. But Jonathan, because of his strong affection for David,
² told him what his father was planning. “Tomorrow morning,” he warned him, “you must find a hiding place out in the fields.
³ I’ll ask my father to go out there with me, and I’ll talk to him about you. Then I’ll tell you everything I can find out.”