When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Samuel 18:26 in context
1 Samuel 18:23–29
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Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and little known?”
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The servants of Saul told him, saying, “David spoke like this.”
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Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
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When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline,
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David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.
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Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him.
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Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.
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