1 Samuel 18:22-27

18:22 Then Saul instructed his servants, “Tell David secretly, ‘The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king’s son-in-law.” 18:23 So Saul’s servants spoke these words privately ¹  to David. David replied, “Is becoming the king’s son-in-law something insignificant to you? I’m just a poor and lightly-esteemed man!”

18:24 When Saul’s servants reported what David had said, 18:25 Saul replied, “Here is what you should say to David: ‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his ²  enemies.’” (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)

18:26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed ³  to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired ⁴  18:27 when David, along with his men, went out ⁵  and struck down two hundred Philistine men. David brought their foreskins and presented all of them to the king so he could become the king’s son-in-law. Saul then gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

[18:23]  ¹ tn Heb “in the ears of.”

[18:25]  ² tn Heb “the king’s.”

[18:26]  ³ tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”

[18:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”

[18:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “arose and went.”