1 Samuel 18:20–27

David Marries Saul’s Daughter

²⁰Now ^aMichal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul, the thing was agreeable ¹to him.

²¹Saul thought, “I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and ^athat the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David, “^bFor a second time you may be my son-in-law today.”

²²Then Saul commanded his servants, “Speak to David secretly, saying, ‘Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore, become the king’s son-in-law.’ ”

²³So Saul’s servants spoke these words ¹to David. But David said, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law, ^asince I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?”

²⁴The servants of Saul reported to him ¹according to these words which David spoke.

²⁵Saul then said, “Thus you shall say to David, ‘The king does not desire any ^adowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, ^bto take vengeance on the king’s enemies.’ ” Now ^cSaul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

²⁶When his servants told David these words, ¹it pleased David to become the king’s son-in-law. ^2aBefore the days had expired

²⁷David rose up and went, ^ahe and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then ^bDavid brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife.