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1 Samuel 18:25

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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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22Saul commanded his servants, “Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.’ ”
23Saul’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?”
24The servants of Saul told him, saying, “David spoke like this.”
25Saul 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.
26When his servants told David) these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline,
27David) 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.
28Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him.

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