^18:20Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul about this, it¹⁸ pleased him. ^18:21Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she may become a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Today is the second time for you to become my son-in-law.”¹⁹

^18:22Then 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.” ^18:23So Saul’s servants spoke these words privately²⁰ 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!”

^18:24When Saul’s servants reported what David had said, ^18:25Saul 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 his²¹ enemies.’ ” (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)

^18:26So his servants told David these things and David agreed²² to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired²³^18:27when David, along with his men, went out²⁴ 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.

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Footnotes

18 Heb “the matter.”
19 The final sentence of v. 21 is absent in most .
20 Heb “in the ears of.”
21 Heb “the king’s.”
22 Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”
23 Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”
24 Heb “arose and went.”